(FUVEST - 2007 - 1a fase) CHILE, which has South Americas most successful economy, elected its first female president this year. But the lot of Chilean women is by many measures worse than that of their sisters elsewhere in the region. A smaller proportion of them work and fewer achieve political power. According to a recent report by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, an association of parliaments, 15% of representatives in the lower house of Chiles Congress are women, less than half the proportion in Costa Rica and Argentina and below the level in eight other countries in the region, including Venezuela and Bolivia. Chilean women hope that Michelle Bachelets presidency will improve their position but there are worries that she will do more harm than good. The Economist, August 12th 2006. According to the text, Chilean women
(FUVEST - 2007 - 1a fase) CHILE, which has South Americas most successful economy, elected its first female president this year. But the lot of Chilean women is by many measures worse than that of their sisters elsewhere in the region. A smaller proportion of them work and fewer achieve political power. According to a recent report by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, an association of parliaments, 15% of representatives in the lower house of Chiles Congress are women, less than half the proportion in Costa Rica and Argentina and below the level in eight other countries in the region, including Venezuela and Bolivia. Chilean women hope that Michelle Bachelets presidency will improve their position but there are worries that she will do more harm than good. The Economist, August 12th 2006. According to the text, the Chilean president
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