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Brazil & Southern Cone - October 2005 (ISSN 1741-4431)
CHILE: Bachelet sets out her plans
On 18 October Michelle Bachelet, the candidate for the ruling Concertación coalition and the frontrunner for the elections due on 11 December, set out her plans for a future government. Bachelet, from the Partido Socialista (PS), launched her 100-page manifesto accompanied by Alejandro Foxley, a senator from the Democracia Cristiana party and Bachelet's campaign manager. The manifesto emphasised three areas: a new development policy, the implementation of a "new deal" with Chile's citizens and improved social protection for the country's
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