Hey! Straussian Neocons – Stick THIS Where The Sun Don’t Shine.
It’s not all doom and gloom…
Chile Elects First Female President
Bachelet, a Former Political Prisoner, Will Keep Socialists in Power
WaPo, Monday, January 16, 2006
SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 15 — Socialist Party candidate Michelle Bachelet, a political prisoner during Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship and a single mother of three, was elected president on Sunday, the first woman to lead a country long considered one of the most culturally traditional in Latin America.
With 97 percent of voting sites reporting, Bachelet had won 53 percent of the vote to about 47 percent for billionaire businessman Sebastian Pi?era.
Election Primer Michelle Bachelet faces Sebastian Pi?era in a Jan. 15 presidential election runoff.
Thousands of supporters filled the streets around Bachelet’s election night headquarters here to celebrate, waving banners and chanting her name.
“I never thought I would see this happen,” said Margarita Flores, 35, a supporter who held a bag of confetti. “Finally, a woman.”
I just wish I could’ve seen those torturers and supporters Kissinger, Thatcher and Pinochet‘s faces when the result was announced.
