Ricardo Lagos
Ricardo Lagos
Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobaris a lawyer, economist and social democrat politician, who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. He won the 1999-2000 presidential election by a narrow margin in a runoff over Independent Democrat Unioncandidate Joaquín Lavín. Lagos was the third president from the center-left Coalition of Parties for Democracy to have ruled Chile since 1990. He was succeeded on March 11, 2006 by Socialist Michelle Bachelet, from the same coalition. Since May 2007 he has served...
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affected becomes country existed involved issues knew result
Pinochet knew the (legal) issues existed and for me it would not be appropriate, that as a result of his difficulties, the country becomes involved and is affected internationally,
country police facts
Clearly it is better that, when someone is wanted by the international police, and this person travels, and a country knows about it, that country reports the fact.
country government separation
There is no reason to have problems between country and country, between government and government, when there is a separation of powers.
country jobs promise
My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure.
democracy freely function understand
We Chileans have to be able to understand that in a democracy institutions must function freely and with sovereignty.
best excluded hope leader legitimacy office takes
Today, a leader with extraordinary legitimacy takes office and we hope to have the best of relations. We have excluded nothing from our talks.
detained detectives otherwise sorry time
I am sorry that the detectives detained me but were not on time to detain Jose Carrasco, ... Otherwise Carrasco would still be alive.
broaden deal outside understanding
We need to be more careful, but more compassionate. We must strike, not deal with terrorists, but to broaden our understanding of the world outside our borders.
presidency stature turning woman
Turning the presidency over to a woman of Michelle's stature will be a privilege.
acts pain shares
it shares the pain that those acts provoked.
difficult enable government great
It will be a difficult task, but your capabilities will enable us to have a great government and a great woman.
enemy particular today unknown
What we have today is a different kind of enemy - it's not a country, it's not a particular society, it's not a religion. It has an unknown face.
agents behind directly insecurity support
They support terrorists, agents behind murders and insecurity directly or indirectly.
feelings regrets send support terribly upsetting
This is a terribly upsetting incident. I would like to send my condolences, regrets and my feelings of support to the victims' families.