I Was Not Born In A Home

Given Political History In Chile, It Seemed To Me That There Was A Critical Task Of Consolidating A Democracy And Creating Healthy Civic-military And Political-military Relationships.

I Took A Gamble To Exercise Leadership Without Losing My Feminine Nature.

I Believe That If You Want To Fight Inequality You Have To Do It Starting At Infancy.

Chile Has Done A Lot To Rid Itself Of Poverty, Especially Extreme Poverty, Since The Return To Democracy. But We Still Have A Ways To Go Toward Greater Equity. This Country Does Not Have A Neoliberal Economic Model Anymore. We Have Put In Place A Lot Of Policies That Will Ensure That Economic Growth Goes Hand In Hand With Social Justice.

Women Say That My Election Represents A Cultural Break With The Past - A Past Of Sexism, Of Misogyny.