Michelle Bachelet is the new socialist president (well, social democrat to be exact) of Chile. This is a thoughtful interview in Der Spiegel...Let's hope it is another leader in the Latin American mix of new presidents who are going to get things done w/o covert and overt forms of violence (i.e. WHISC/SOA):

Chile's Bachelet: 'Only Cleaned Wounds Can Heal'
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,404859,00.html