Michelle Bachelet Archives

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Michelle Bachelet

Basics

By Lisa Nikolau3 January 2017

Chile continues debate over inequality in higher education

The results of Chile’s standardized university admissions exams have renewed an ongoing debate over the country’s higher education system, which has long been criticized for perpetuating poverty and inequality.

Human Rights

By Lisa Nikolau14 November 2016

Chile criminalizes torture decades after end of dictatorship

Chile has approved a law that classifies torture and degrading treatment as criminal offenses, something the current constitution – which dates back to the country’s dictatorship that ended in 1988 – did not include.