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Weekly Report - 26 June 2008 (ISSN 1741-7422)

CHILE: Bachelet forced to lean on opposition

The government succeeded in pushing through the lower chamber of congress a key plank of President Michelle Bachelet's policy agenda last week: the education reform bill (LGE, in the Spanish acronym). The political cost, however, was high. Lacking a majority, the government was forced to make concessions to the opposition coalition Alianza por Chile to ensure the bill's passage. This irked deputies from the ruling Concertación who were only prevented from giving the government a bloody nose by a late promise which it could struggle to fulfil. The debate took place against the backdrop of significant protest action by students and teachers.

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