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When the protests against the HidroAysen dam first erupted, Sebastian Pi??era, the country's current president said, "if we don't make decisions today we are condemning our country to a blackout near the end of this decade." In recent years, Chile's inve
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Political giant details life as political exile, president in new book, The Southern Tiger. NEW YORK--Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos never planned on becoming involved in politics. Instead, he wanted to be a professor at Universidad de Chile. How
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A demonstrator holds a poster with the face of former President Ricardo Lagos in a march in Santiago November 6, 2011. The students are demanding for free and better state education, as well as for an end to profit-making in the public education system. View Photo »
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Former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos talks about how his country has made the transition from the oppression of the Pinochet regime to a modern, open society. Pop legend Petula Clark on her first New York nightclub engagement since the 1970s. Today’s i
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President Ricardo Lagos and Chile’s Fight for a Democratic and Prosperous Future
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The A.Q. Khan network, India’s global power, Citizens United anniversary and more [Daybook]
The Washington Post
9:00 The A.Q. Khan Network and its Fourth Customer with Joshua Pollack; George Perkovich ( Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ) 9:45 India as a Global Power: Contending Views from India --an all day conference ( Center for a New American Security
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Members of the Club of Madrid, a forum of former world leaders, (from L) French former prime minister Lionel Jospin, Dutch former prime minister Wim Kok and Chile's former president Ricardo Lagos, pose at the Elysee palace prior to a lunch with... View Photo »
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A chronology of key events: 1535 - Indigenous Araucanian people successfully resist first Spanish invasion of Chile. Festival time in the Plaza de Armas, Santiago 1541 - Pedro de Valdivia begins Spanish conquest and founds Santiago. 1553 - Araucanians ca
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's Senate approved the government's 2012 education budget Friday after 29 hours of debate in a vote in which the center-left opposition abstained. Students who have been protesting for more than six months for greater funding and
About Ricardo Lagos
Wikipedia
Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (born March 2, 1938) is a lawyer, economist and social democrat politician, who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. He won the 1999-2000 presidential election by a narrow margin in a runoff over Independent Democrat Union (UDI) candidate Joaquín Lavín. He was Chile's first agnostic president. Lagos was... Full Article
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A demonstrator holds a poster with the face of former President Ricardo Lagos in a march in Santiago November 6, 2011. The students are demanding for free and better state education, as well as for an end to profit-making in the public education system. The sign says, "Where are they?".
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Members of the Club of Madrid, a forum of former world leaders, (from L) Norwegian former prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, French former prime minister Lionel Jospin, Dutch former prime minister Wim Cok and Chile's former president Ricardo Lagos, Ghanean former President John...
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Former Chilean president (2000-2006) Ricardo Lagos, speaks during the XI National Encounter of Private Entrepreneurs (ENADE) in San Salvador on March 15, 2011.
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Demonstrators hold a banner depicting (L to R) Education Minister Joaquin Lavin, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, former Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet, former President Michelle Bachelet and former President Ricardo Lagos during a rally in Santiago city, June 30, 2011. Tens of...
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Students hold a banner with drawings depicting, left to right: Chile's Education Minister Joaquin Lavin, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, Chile's late dictator Augusto Pinochet and Chile's former Presidents Michelle Bachelet and Ricardo Lagos, as they demonstrate demanding reforms in...
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A demonstrator holds a poster with the face of former President Ricardo Lagos in a march in Santiago November 6, 2011. The students are demanding for free and better state education, as well as for an end to profit-making in the public education system. The sign says, "Where are they?".
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