Weekly Report - 25 February 2016 (WR-16-08)

President Michelle Bachelet might have to give up on holidays to southern Chile as they are becoming a bad omen. This time last year Bachelet was on holiday in her house near Lake Caburga in the southern region of Araucanía when she learnt of the news that her son Sebastián Dávalos was embroiled in influence trafficking, the so-called Caval case. This time Bachelet was on holiday by Lake Caburga when she discovered that Cristián Riquelme, the administrator of the La Moneda presidential palace and a member of her inner circle, had resigned on 17 February on similar grounds. The scandal not only undermines her anti-corruption rhetoric but also exposes her lack of decisive leadership.

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