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FILE - In this July 20, 2017, file photo, Chile's then President Michelle Bachelet looks on during a visit to Memory Park which honors the victims of the country's dictatorship, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bachelet was 23 years old when she was tortured and fled her country's dictatorship into exile. Now in 2018, more than four decades later, she will have to face her painful past as the new U.N. human rights chief fighting such abuses worldwide. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

New UN human rights chief has survived torture herself

By EVA VERGARA - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 20, 2017, file photo, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet looks on during a visit to Memory Park which honors the victims of the country's dictatorship, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The U.N. General Assembly on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, approved Bachelet as the next U.N. human rights chief by consensus. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

UN approves Chile’s Bachelet as new human rights chief

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, then Chilean President Michelle Bachelet speaks during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. Diplomats say Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has chosen former president Bachelet to be the next UN human rights chief. The diplomats said Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, that UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told a group of ambassadors of Guterres' decision on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Outgoing UN human rights chief hails choice of successor

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, then Chilean President Michelle Bachelet speaks during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. Diplomats say Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has chosen former president Bachelet to be the next UN human rights chief. The diplomats said Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, that UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told a group of ambassadors of Guterres' decision on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Chile’s Michelle Bachelet to be new UN human rights chief

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Protesters with Mapuche flags watch a police a water cannon disperse demonstrators during a protest commemorating the ten year anniversary of the police killing of Mapuche indigenous activist Matias Catrileo, Santiago, Chile, Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. Catrileo was shot to death on Jan. 3, 2008 by a police officer during a land dispute in southern Chile. The officer was sentenced to three years in jail, but served his time on probation. The officer was eventually removed from the police force. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Sebastian Pinera plots Trump-like course for Chile

By Martin Arostegui — Special to The Washington Times

Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, front right, escorts Chile's President Michelle Bachelet after their meeting at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, March 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Chile leader visits Haiti as UN prepares for troop pullout

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One of Chile's worst fire waves on record shows its vulnerability to terrorism. Forest fires intentionally set have resulted in over $200 million in damage and about a dozen deaths. Some investigators suspect anarchists and indigenous militants are to blame. (Associated Press)

Chile’s image of stability undercut by extremist links

By Martin Arostegui — Special to The Washington Times

RICHARD RAHN: Michelle Bachelet socialist economy reverses Chile success

By Richard W. Rahn

A fire burns at a restaurant after an earthquake in Iquique, Chile, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. A powerful magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck off Chile's northern coast Tuesday night. There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage, but buildings shook in nearby Peru and in Bolivia's high altitude capital of La Paz. (AP Photo/Cristian Viveros)

8.2 earthquake spurs tsunami off Chile’s coast, kills 5

By Luis Andres Henao - Associated Press

Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet casts her vote during general elections in Santiago, Chile, on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Ms. Bachelet is the front-runner in her race to regain the presidency. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)

Former leader Michelle Bachelet favored to win Chilean presidency

By Luis Andres Henao - Associated Press