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01/19/2006:

"New leader vows to make half her cabinet female"

Michelle Bachelet has pledged to make half her cabinet women and give all Chileans a voice following her election as the Catholic nation's first female president.

But the socialist paediatrician took a more moderate line than other leftist leaders in Latin America, saying she would seek to maintain Chile's economic success and that she supported a US-backed free area as long as it took into account the region's diversity.
guardian.co.uk