Pinera New President in Chile

El Mecurio ^ | 17 Jan. 2010 | Emol Staff

[WellyP]

"...Primer cómputo: Piñera supera a Frei y es virtualmente electo Presidente de ChileCon 3,75 puntos de diferencia sobre el candidato oficialista, el abanderado de la oposición está a un paso de convertirse en nuevo gobernante del país..."

[WellyP]

Sebastain Pinera will be the new President of Chile. He is the first Center Right politician to win the Presidency in the post Pinochet era.

[goldstategop]

A conservative wins in South America!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[Parley Baer]

“Center Right politician”

Sounds good to me. The world does not need anymore Hugo’s.

[hkp123]

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[MacombBob]

This is great news. But, we should thank his opponent, former President Eduardo Frei, for what appears to be a peaceful transfer of power.

[missnry]

Do you have the decryption key for that?

[WellyP]

Sebastain Pinera is a tough businessman but overall is a good man. His stated goal is to make Chile the FIRST, “FIRST WORLD” country in South or Central America. To make this happen, he wants to bring the standards of public educational system up to the very high standards of the private schools.

With the staff he has I think he has a very good chance of making it happen.

[WellyP]

Chile is growing up as a country and a good place to live.

[CaptainK]

Is there a Chilean stock fund I can invest in?

[achilles2000]

Wrong solution. It’s like Obama saying he plans to bring the USPS parcel delivery service up to the standards of UPS by better management and more money.

[WellyP]

Write me and I will be glad to direct you.

[WellyP]

Everything starts with good education. The Chilean public school system, with a few exceptions, is not very good, though almost everyone can read, write and do math.

Most of the private schools are very good and the average highschool grad has about the same education of a first year university student.

It is widely known that the biggest education gap is in the teaching of trades. Chile does not have enough GOOD craftsman, plumbers, carpenters, machinists and skilled tech type people.

[achilles2000]

If in Chile everyone, more or less, can read, write, and do math they are ahead of us. Very interesting point about craftsmen...

[Clemenza]

His stated goal is to make Chile the FIRST, “FIRST WORLD” country in South or Central America. Technically, Argentina beat them to it, being the 6th wealthiest nation in the world by the 1920s, with a well developed and efficient rail system, department stores better stocked than any city in the western hemishphere outside of New York, and prosperous neighborhoods not only in Buenos Aires, but in Mendoza and Cordoba as well.

Then came the depression...and Peron...

[hkp123]

Yes, I do.

[WellyP]

Chile is a very different country, a country trying to prove its self. They know what works and what doesn't as is shown by the election of Pinera. They have seen the very worst of the left which broke the country and then a right wing military government for many years.

They VOTED out Pinochet and voted in the left of center governments of Elwin, Frei, Lagos and Bachelet. In the last couple of years the people have seen more corruption (not that large but growing)and less progress. The people want better management. They have seen the worst of both sides and want the country to go forward.

[smokingfrog]

Maybe if the whole hope & change thing doesn’t work out too well, we conservative capitalists can move to Chile.

[Clemenza]

Chile’s main problem politically is that the Christian Democrats always colluded in power sharing with the Socialists, causing folks who were centrists to vote for what were effectively left wing governments.