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The challenge is for us to reinvigorate the relationship with the Chilean people and to give state institutions new legitimacy. But this is also a universal phenomenon. There's also disenchantment with politics in Europe.

Michelle Bachelet

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Michelle Bachelet
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 29
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