Michelle Bachelet
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Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Chilean physician and politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Socialist Party, she was the firs
Official portrait, 2014
Commemoration of Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean minister, who was assassinated by Pinochet's secret police in Washington, D.C., in 1976
Bachelet, as Minister of Defense, meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in 2002
Bachelet during a television debate in 2005
Sebastián Piñera
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Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique was a Chilean businessman and politician who served as 34th and 36th president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022. The son of a Christian Democrati
Michelle Bachelet
…in the press. Polling at the time showed Bachelet was widely seen as having won the debate, outperforming Alvear on most of the topics discussed. Sebastián Piñera's entry into the race in May 2005, competing with Lavín for the right-wing vote, drew away much of Alvear's centrist support, leading her to withdraw…
Official portrait, 2018
Piñera in 1965.
Before entering politics, Piñera was a successful businessman. Despite this, he faced several corruption charges during that period.
Piñera celebrates alongside his wife and family after winning the 2009–10 presidential election