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Weekly Report - 27 March 2014 (WR-14-12)

CHILE: Bachelet unflustered by ‘march of marches’

At first glance the staging of a march just 11 days after taking office looks like a dangerous development for any new head of state. But President Michelle Bachelet was well aware of the social climate in Chile when she ran for a second term and will have been unperturbed by the self-proclaimed ‘march of marches’ held in Santiago on 22 March. In the first two weeks of her second term in office, her government has made significant overtures to students, the indigenous Mapuche, environmentalists and gay rights groups. Each of Bachelet’s cabinet ministers has been tasked with moving swiftly to forge ties with social organisations, often recruiting prominent former protesters into their advisory teams, to help contain, if not entirely defuse, any protests. But while this might work in the short-term, Bachelet is raising expectations that her government will deliver on numerous fronts.

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