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Fmr. Political Prisoner and Torture Survivor Michelle Bachelet Elected as Chile's First Female President

Fmr. Political Prisoner and Torture Survivor Michelle Bachelet Elected as Chile's First Female President

In Chile, former political prisoner Michelle Bachelet has become the country first-ever female president. Running on the Socialist ticket, Bachelet beat her billionaire rival in Sunday’s election. Bachelet is the daughter of an air force general who was tortured and died in prison after Augusto Pinochet seized power in 1973. She too was imprisoned by Pinochet’s regime before fleeing into exile. We speak with Chilean-American writer Ariel Dorfman, Chilean torture survivor Emilio Banda as well as Joyce Horman, the widow of a U.S. journalist who was killed by Pinochet forces. [includes rush transcript]

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