Daughter of Salvador Allende, Isabel, 'Ready' to Lead Chile

[Judi Lynn]

Daughter of Salvador Allende, Isabel, 'Ready' to Lead Chile
Published 9 July 2016


Isabel Allende is a relative of the author of the same name and daughter of Salvador Allende, the first Marxist to be elected president of a Latin American country.


The daughter of late socialist leader Salvador Allende, Isabel, said Saturday that she is “more than ready” to run for the presidency of Chile.

Isabel, a politician from the Chilean Socialist Party, or PS, said she is not "wedded" to the idea of becoming president but emphasized that if her party ask for it she will fulfill the task.

Allende assumed the role of PS leader in May 2015, admitting the position put her in prime position for an eventual shot at the presidency.

Before a General Council of the PS meeting earlier on Saturday, Allende warned against a former President Sebastian Piñera presidency, the possible candidate put forward by the right-wing opposition whom she accused of fomenting "ghosts" over his constant criticism of the Michelle Bachelet administration.

More:
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Daughter-of-Salvador-Allende-Isabel-Ready-to-Lead-Chile-20160709-0014.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. Daughter of Chile's Allende eyes presidential bid in 2017

Daughter of Chile's Allende eyes presidential bid in 2017

Sat Jul 9, 2016 2:58pm EDT

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Isabel Allende, a ruling party senator in Chile and the daughter of deposed ex-president Salvador Allende, said she is considering running for president in next year's elections, a local newspaper reported on Saturday.

Allende's possible bid for the top job in Chile could pit her against ex-president Ricardo Lagos, another member of the socialist ruling party who has expressed interest in running.

Allende, whose father was ousted by former dictator Augusto Pinochet in a coup in 1973, said she has been leaning toward making a bid at the insistence of Chileans, according to local daily El Mercurio.

"For me it's an honor to know that people think I'm an option. There's also a potent symbolic element, that there be another Allende," she was quoted as saying in El Mercurio.

More:
http://ca.reuters.com/article/idCAKCN0ZP0SA?rpc=401

[DonCoquixote]

2. is this the author

as in "house of the spirits" and "zorro?"

[Judi Lynn]

3. I've heard the writer is the niece of Salvador Allende, aaannnnd the cousin of Isabel Allende!

Both cousins have the same name. That's something you don't hear very often, isn't it?

It took me years and years to finally get the straight story on that.

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Isabel, the daughter.



Isabel, Allende's niece, and Isabel's cousin! [/center]