Chile Has Changed. The People Have Become

Today It Is Time To Give The Government A New Lease Of Life And This New Phase Which Is As Demanding As It Is Inspiring Requires Renovated Energy And New Faces.

Women Say That My Election Represents A Cultural Break With The Past - A Past Of Sexism, Of Misogyny.

People See I Am A Mother And Head Of A Household. Today In Chile, One-third Of Households Are Run By Women. They Wake Up, Take The Children To School, Go To Work. To Them I Am Hope.

Chile Has Done A Lot To Rid Itself Of Poverty, Especially Extreme Poverty, Since The Return To Democracy. But We Still Have A Ways To Go Toward Greater Equity. This Country Does Not Have A Neoliberal Economic Model Anymore. We Have Put In Place A Lot Of Policies That Will Ensure That Economic Growth Goes Hand In Hand With Social Justice.

I Was Not Born In A Home Where There Were Stereotypes. So That Was Very Useful Because It Gave Me The Sense Of Possibilities, Of Flying, If I May Say, Of Making My Hopes And Dreams A Reality.