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	Ricardo Lagos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (born March 2, 1938) is a Socialist politician and the president of Chile since 2000.
		Lagos subsequently began work as a professor of economics in the School of Law of the University, and between 1971 and 1972 he was Director of the Institute of Economy.
		During the first year of his term in office, Lagos had to confront a high level of unemployment, generated by the political instability of the region, in a process that began to revert during end of 2003.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ricardo_Lagos (1667 words)

	Ricardo Lagos: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (born March 2, 1938) is a Socialist (A political advocate of socialism) politician and the president (The chief executive of a republic) of Chile (A republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast) since 2000.
		In 1954, Lagos was admitted into law school (A graduate school offering study leading to a law degree) at the Universidad de Chile (additional info and facts about Universidad de Chile).
		Lagos earned a Ph.D. from Duke University (A university in Durham, North Carolina) in the United States (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776), where he studied from 1960 to 1962.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ri/ricardo_lagos.htm (1938 words)

	Analysis: The optimism of Ricardo Lagos - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lagos observed, "It is not good for Chile that many among the youngest elements of our electorate remain at the margin of the great decisions that are adopted." Both proposals will need parliamentary support to become law, particularly the second one, which requires a constitutional amendment.
		Lagos noted that the fact that Chile is a safe country compared to the rest of Latin America "is not a consolation for victims of crime, especially the less well-off, who sometimes live with high levels of insecurity and, in certain places, fear."
		Lagos touched on criticism from the neighboring countries and recent clashes with Bolivia and Argentina, noting that Chile's international relations are forged first with its Latin American neighbors.
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20040606-124831-9150r.htm (871 words)

	Chile´s New Socialist President
		Ricardo Lagos and the concertacion were voted to govern, not to discuss politics.
		President Ricardo Lagos, in his benefit, trying to save face announced (quite a correct move) that all those ministers that got benefits in the previous government, had to return it in 2 weeks or retire from public life.
		Lagos in particular need to understand that they cannot stay with their arms crossed, but have to move and open markets for Chile's economy, and disregard the useless topic of "human rights abuses" which mistakenly put Chile in a bad reputation or in a bad light, most cases which are an absolute marxist farce.
	www.geocities.com /Chilenationalist/socialismo.html (4107 words)

	Ricardo Lagos - Wikipedia
		Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (2 de marzo de 1938) es un abogado y economista chileno y Presidente de Chile desde el 11 de marzo de 2000 cuyo mandato expira el 11 de marzo de 2006.
		Ricardo Lagos se transforma en el líder indiscutido de los opositores la dictadura, luego de un programa político de television donde señala que "con el triunfo del NO, el país impedirá que el general Pinochet esté 25 años en el poder.
		Lagos inicia una reforma tendente a lograr una mayor igualdad en el acceso y un alza en la calidad de la educación.
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ricardo_Lagos (2073 words)

	Commanding Heights : Ricardo Lagos \| on PBS
		RICARDO LAGOS: Well, the change is the following: When you are living in a closed economy, then you have natural monopolies in the country in many areas.
		RICARDO LAGOS: Well, it's a little bit funny, because you have a dictatorship after [Allende], and it was possible to impose some kinds of economic policies without regard for what Congress may say.
		RICARDO LAGOS: Chile was one of the last countries to have this transition.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitextlo/int_ricardolagos.html (8893 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ricardo Lagos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After the second turn, the socialist Ricardo Lagos, 61 year old, became the country's third concertation coalition president since the end of the military rule in 1990, obtaining 51.3% of the votes.
		Lagos is facing a new challenge to get the country out of the waste recession it has been in for more than 20 years.
		Lagos, in collaboration with a young US trained economic team, plans to develop liberal economic policies in hopes of returning GDP growth from 5 to 6% in year 2000 after an 1% contraction in 1999.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ricardo-Lagos (555 words)

	Article - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ricardo Lagos has fond memories of his childhood, walking hand-in-hand with his mother through the forests of Llolleo, near the central Chilean coast: “She told me stories and explained to me how the world worked,” he says.
		Ricardo Lagos began his studies in Law at the University of Chile at the age of 16.
		Lagos admits that he had learned much from his time in the Ministry of Education: “First, I learned how the state apparatus can be utilized; second, I learned about the role of the President—when to intervene and when to hang back; and third, I learned how to delegate within a team.
	www.chileangovernment.cl /popups/articleswindow.php?id=3 (3976 words)

	RICARDO LAGOS ESCOBAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ricardo Lagos Escobar was born in Santiago on March 2, 1938, the son of teacher Emma Escobar and Froilan Lagos, a farmer who died when his only son was eight years of age.
		During the eighties Lagos played an important role in the struggle for the recovery of democracy in his country, when, as a leader of the Socialist Party, he held the position of President of the Democratic Alliance, a coalition that united all the parties opposing the Pinochet regime.
		Ricardo Lagos is a member of the Special Committee of the Socialist International integrated by twelve distinguished members, including Felipe Gonzalez and Gro Bruntland, in charge of the elaboration of proposals for the renovation of Social Democratic thinking for the XXI century.
	www.un.int /chile/Biogr/Lagosengl (624 words)

	Chilean President Ricardo Lagos to Deliver Duke’s Commencement Address
		Lagos, who received a Ph.D. in economics from Duke in 1966, was elected in 2000 to a six-year term as Chile’s president.
		Lagos is known for his long opposition to the military regime of Gen.
		Lagos was born on March 2, 1938, and attended the University of Chile, where he received a law degree.
	www.dukenews.duke.edu /2004/11/lagos_1104.html (562 words)

	Ricardo Lagos
		During the campaign, Lagos moved to the center, away from traditional socialists, in an attempt to court women voters and moderate conservatives.
		An acolyte of Allende, Lagos was set to become Chile's ambassador to Moscow when the president perished in the 1973 coup.
		LAGOS established himself as a party leader and politician in a 1986 television interview when he defiantly pointed to the camera and said the country had enough of Pinochet's violent repression.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/lagos1.html (479 words)

	BBC News \| AMERICAS \| Profile: Ricardo Lagos
		Most Chileans will remember 61-year-old Ricardo Lagos, the newly-elected president, as the man who, some 12 years ago, gave a bold televised criticism of General Pinochet at a time that the military strongman was still in power.
		Ricardo Lagos was born on 2 March 1938, and attended the University of Chile where he received a law degree.
		In 1987, Ricardo Lagos formed the Party for Democarcy (PPD) which is now part of the ruling Concertacion alliance.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/606850.stm (429 words)

	InternationalReports.net : Chile 2002
		Lagos also made reference to implementing such programs as the 12-year compulsory school system; decreasing the digital divide; connecting libraries and more public schools to the Internet with aid from the Bill Gates Foundation and companies like Oracle, in hopes of fomenting a cultural renaissance in Chile.
		Lagos believes that it is essential for Chile to offer equal opportunity in education because it is the means through which the nation will be transformed and relinquish indigence.
		Regarding the Argentine situation, Lagos states that his government is cooperating fully with the Argentine government, in addition to providing assistance to the multilateral organizations, which are concerned with what might happen in the region after this crisis.
	internationalreports.net /theamericas/chile/2002/presidentricardo.html (1962 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Q & A
		Lagos narrowly won Chile's presidency in January 2000 as head of a center-left coalition.
		Lagos, now 65, holds a doctorate in economics from Duke University and is a strong proponent of free trade.
		Lagos was interviewed by Herbert G. Klein, editor-in-chief of Copley Newspapers, on April 8 at the Moneda Palace in Chile's capital of Santiago.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20030420-9999_mz1e20qa.html (2185 words)

	Lagos on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lagos is Nigeria's largest city, its administrative and economic center, and its chief port.
		In 1906, Lagos was joined with the British protectorate of Southern Nigeria, and, in 1914, when Southern and Northern Nigeria were amalgamated, it became part of the small coastal Colony of Nigeria.
		The Univ. of Lagos (1962), the College of Technology (1948), the National Museum, and a large sports stadium are in Lagos.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/LagosN1ig.asp (873 words)

	BBC News \| AMERICAS \| Tight presidential race in Chile
		Ricardo Lagos is one of the most experienced politicians in Chile.
		Mr Lagos is an economist who first came to prominence as a supporter of the Marxist President Salvador Allende in the early 1970s.
		Ricardo Lagos secured his place in Chilean political legend during a 1988 television debate held before the referendum to decide whether Augusto Pinochet should remain in office.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/552767.stm (712 words)

	Ricardo Lagos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ricardo Lagos, president of Chile and a graduate of Duke University with a Ph.D. in economics, has had a powerful and broad political role in Chile, becoming in 2000 the third president after Chile’s return to democracy.
		During the 1990s Lagos supported educational reforms that provide equal opportunity in the access to education and sought to improve the quality of teaching, as he held the position of minister of education.
		Lagos has also demonstrated a commitment to achieve full exercise of women’s rights, a commitment that has become manifested in the considerable numbers of women in public office.
	www.econ.duke.edu /News/Newslet/fall_01/lagos.html (392 words)

	CTV.ca \| Socialist to face millionaire in Chile elections
		She is aligned with President Ricardo Lagos' ruling coalition that has governed Chile since the 1990 collapse of Gen. Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship.
		Lagos, who cannot run for re-election, is ending his term with an approval rate of more than 70 percent.
		Lagos said his coalition won a majority in both houses of congress on Sunday, although no final results were available.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051212/chile_elections_051212/20051212?hub=World (594 words)

	NotiSur - Latin American Political Affairs; January 21, 2000
		Lagos narrowly defeated rightist candidate Joaquin Lavin of the Alianza por Chile.
		Lagos was slated to become ambassador to Moscow when the 1973 coup toppled the Allende government.
		Lagos said the right that is tied to Pinochet "is arrogant and anti-democratic," and the new administration will have to see in the coming months how willing it is to negotiate these matters.
	ssdc.ucsd.edu /news/notisur/h00/notisur.20000121.html (2783 words)

	Ricardo Lagos
		Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar is the President of the Republic of Chile from March 2000 (term ends in March 2006).
		He is a member of the Party for Democracy and the Socialist Party of Chile and won with a narrow margin in the second round to UDI Joaquín Lavín.
		President Lagos is a graduate of the prestigious Duke University in Durham, North Carolina (USA).
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/ri/ricardo_lagos.html (126 words)

	Gale - Free Resources - Hispanic Heritage - Biographies - Ricardo Lagos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lagos went first to Argentina, where he became Secretary-General of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences in Buenos Aires, and then to the United States, where he served as a visiting professor of Latin American studies at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
		Lagos became involved in politics once again, forming the Alianza Democratica (Alliance for Democracy) with several other progressives; its goal was to foment opposition to the Pinochet regime.
		Later, Lagos appeared with Lavín on a balcony, and embraced him, a move that was unprecedented in Chilean politics and cemented Lagos' promise to reconcile Chile's right and left.
	www.galegroup.com /free_resources/chh/bio/largos_r.htm (2129 words)

	The Chronicle Online - President Ricardo Lagos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ricardo Lagos, the president of Chile and a recipient of a Duke Ph.D. in economics, will deliver the 2005 graduation commencement address Sunday at Wallace Wade Stadium.
		Lagos is the third president of Chile since the country became returned to democracy 14 years ago.
		Lagos was exiled for several years, but he returned to Chile in 1978 and became a leader of the opposition to Pinochet.
	www.chronicle.duke.edu /vnews/display.v/ART/2005/05/13/42848cdf57355 (462 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Ricardo Lagos [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (born March 2, 1938) is the current President of Chile.
		He was elected in March 2000 (his term ends in March 2006.) He is a member of the Party for Democracy and the Socialist Party of Chile, and won with a narrow margin in the second round (runoff) over Independent Democratic Union (UDI) candidate Joaquín Lavín.
		Lagos is a graduate of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, in the United States.
	encyclozine.com /Ricardo_Lagos (1690 words)

	Chilean president Ricardo Lagos visits the Forum and acknowledges the closeness between and his country · Forum 2004
		Lagos stated that the initiative “is a present from the Forum”.
		Lagos mentioned the complicity that exists between Catalonia and Chile, two countries that give a great symbolic value to the date of September11.
		Lagos and his wife had previously visited the Forum Building, always accompanied by Joan Clos, who showed him the large scale model of the city of Barcelona.
	www.barcelona2004.org /eng/actualidad/noticias/html/f042212.htm (432 words)

	President Of Chile To Speak Oct. 14 At UCSD, Receive Honors
		The President of the Republic of Chile, Ricardo Lagos, will receive the UCSD Medal, deliver a public lecture and attend a luncheon in his honor during a visit to the University of California, San Diego, Oct. 14.
		President Lagos is a highly regarded lawyer with a Ph.D in Economics from Duke.
		Explaining the honors for Lagos, Institute of the Americas President Jeffrey Davidow, himself a former Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Ambassador, said "Chile is a success story and Ricardo Lagos deserves much of the credit for that.
	ucsdnews.ucsd.edu /newsrel/international/Lagos.htm (271 words)

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