By Jessica • 19 years ago

Some quick good news…


The NY Times reports that two women are the leading competitors for the presidential race in Chile:
Soledad Alvear, the Christian Democrat, and Michelle Bachelet, the Socialist, say they are hoping that the shift of attitudes will prove decisive when voters go to the polls a year from now.
“If you’d asked me a decade ago could a woman become president, I’d have had to say no flat out,” Ms. Alvear said in an interview here. “But there has been a tremendous cultural change, and I think people are now willing to vote for a woman. That is a result of our offering a different style of leadership, one that people want because it is identified with the real Chile.”

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