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  Lagos Escobar Ricardo - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Lagos Escobar, Ricardo (1938-), Chilean lawyer, economist, and socialist politician, President of Chile (2000-2006).
Ricardo Lagos of the ruling socialist Coalition of Parties for Democracy (CPD) won the presidential elections in January 2000.
Lagos (Nigeria), city in south-west Nigeria, in Lagos State on the Bight of Benin (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean).
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 Ricardo Lagos (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.arizona-gigapop.net)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
'''Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar''' (born March 2, 1938) is a Socialist politician and the president of Chile since 2000.
Ricardo Lagos in a campaign photograph 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.
Ricardo Lagos with [[George W. Bush]] During 2004, Lagos has had to face a series of tensions in his relation with other South American countries, caused by the recurring Bolivian aspiration for access to the sea.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Ricardo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Ricardo, David RICARDO, DAVID [Ricardo, David] 1772-1823, British economist, of Dutch-Jewish parentage.
Ricardo, Inc. to Hold Groundbreaking Ceremony for Technology Campus Tomorrow, Dec. 11, in Van Buren Township.
Nineteenth-century Caribbean circumcisions: an analysis of the journal of births and circumcisions performed by Moises Frois Ricardo.
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 Ricardo Lagos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (born March 2, 1938) is a lawyer, economist and Socialist politician, who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006.
During the 1980s, Lagos assumed a fundamental role in the fight for the recovery of democracy.
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 the end of 2003.
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 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.
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 Ricardo Lagos (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.arizona-gigapop.net)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
'''Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar''' (born March 2, 1938) is the current President of the Republic 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 over UDI Joaquín Lavín.
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.
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 The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Ricardo Lagos Escobar, then president of the Coalition Party for Democracy (CPD) and the Committee of the Left for Free Elections, enraged the government with his critical remarks on live television.
Lagos studied law at the University of Chile (1955 to 1960), and was elected president of its student center.
Lagos is concentrating on positioning Chile well within a world in which globalization and free trade are assuming increasing importance.
www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20040428.B01   (848 words)

  
 Ricardo Lagos (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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.
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 CUA Columbus School of Law   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The current President, Ricardo Lagos Escobar, was elected through a runoff election on January 16, 2000 after the initial December 2000 election was too close to call.
From 1971-1972, Lagos serves as the Director of the Institute of Economics at the University of Chile.
Although this nomination was not ratified by the Congress, his nomination brought Lagos’ name to the political forefront, where some might argue that it has since remained.  From this time in the early seventies through the 1980’s Lagos’ served on many special committees within the United Nations focusing on international socio-economic development.
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 Gale - Free Resources - Hispanic Heritage - Biographies - Ricardo Lagos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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.
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 Ricardo Lagos Escobar — Infoplease.com
Lagos served as minister of education (1990–94) and public works (1994–99) after democracy was restored.
As president (2000–2006) Lagos worked to liberalize Chilean society, Civilian control over the military and other constitutional reforms were passed, and human-rights offenses and other cases against Pinochet were pursued in the courts.
Ricardo Lagos venció la "guerra sucia".(presidente electo de Chile)(TT: Ricardo Lagos conquered the "dirty war".)(TA: President elect......
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 Polity IV Country Report 2003: Chile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In 1994, Eduardo Frei, the son of a popular former president, was elected with a clear mandate to subdue the military's hold on Chilean politics.
In December 2000, President Lagos had to concede to the military pressure to involve the NSC in decisions regarding the fate of the former dictator Pinochet.
A strong preoccupation by the ruling CPD coalition with the prosecution of Pinochet and uncovering the abuses of his regime has resulted in somewhat of a backlash as the conservative coalition made substantial gains in the December 2001 legislative elections.
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 TCS - Press release >Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Escobar visits Tata Group
The President of Chile, His Excellency Ricardo Lagos Escobar, visited the Tata International showroom on Wednesday along with a high-powered government, business and media delegation from Chile and was received by heads of various TATA group companies.
His Excellency, Dr. Lagos, was very impressed about the industrial and management capability of the Tata Group in various key sectors including Automobiles, Heavy Engineering, Chemicals and Pesticides as well as Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing and urged the Tata Group to expand business operations in Chile.
Dr Lagos said, "Exports and service-oriented industries were important pillars in Chile's growth strategy, given the small size of its population." Dr Lagos emphasized that Chile was keen on creating a digital economy to emerge as a BPO hub for the Spanish-speaking world.
www.tcs.com /0_media_room/releases/200501jan/Chilean_president.htm   (585 words)

  
 Human Rights Watch World Report 2001: Chile: Human Rights Developments
On March 11, Ricardo Lagos Escobar, candidate of the center-left coalition that has governed since former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet left power in 1990, began a six-year presidential term, replacing President Eduardo Frei.
President Lagos made it clear at every opportunity that his government would not intervene in court decisions, and that whatever political agreements were reached on the human rights legacy, justice must proceed regardless.
Since the fact of death could not be established, the court held, it was impossible to know that the nineteen had been killed within the five-year period covered by the amnesty law, and the amnesty was therefore found to be inapplicable.
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 Quail Botanical Gardens - Located North of San Diego in Encinitas, California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Ricardo Lagos Escobar of Chile admire a sculpture by well known local artist James Hubbell, in the Quail bamboo garden.
San Diego, CA, January 19, 2004, — On a recent visit to San Diego to accept the "Award of Democracy and Peace" from the Institute of the Americas on the UCSD campus, President and Mrs.
Lagos Escobar of Chile took time out for a stroll through Quail Botanical Gardens.
www.qbgardens.org /news/articles/01192004.shtml   (303 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Ricardo,
Lagos Escobar, Ricardo LAGOS ESCOBAR, RICARDO [Lagos Escobar, Ricardo], 1938-, Chilean political leader.
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Ricardo and CMG joint project wins double honours at premier IT award.
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 Secretary-General's visit to Chile (November 5-7, 2003)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Secretary-General Kofi Annan (left) meeting with President Ricardo Lagos Escobar of Chile (right) at The Palacio de La Moneda in Santiago, Chile on November 6th.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan meeting with Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Escobar in a private meeting at the Salon de Audiencias at palacio de la Moneda, in Santiago.
Nane Annan arriving at a dinner hosted by Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Escobar in Patio de Las Camelias, Palacio de la Moneda, on November 6th.
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 Australian Labor Party: Welcome To His Excellency Mr Ricardo Lagos Escobar President Of The Rebpublic Of Chile
Australian Labor Party: Welcome To His Excellency Mr Ricardo Lagos Escobar President Of The Rebpublic Of Chile
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Welcome To His Excellency Mr Ricardo Lagos Escobar President Of The Rebpublic Of Chile
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 Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Escobar to participate in Russian-Chilean business forum in Moscow - Pravda.Ru
President Ricardo Lagos Escobar of Chile and head of the Russian Chamber of Industry and Commerce Yevgeny Primakov will participate in the Russian-Chilean business forum on trade and economic cooperation in Moscow on Thursday.
An agreement on cooperation between the Russian Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Chilean National Chamber of Commerce will be signed as part of the business forum, said the press service of the Russian chamber.
A large group of Chilean businessmen will arrive in Moscow with Ricardo Lagos.
english.pravda.ru /03-10-2002/1320-forum-0   (386 words)

  
 CNN.com - World News: Election Watch
Assembly: Chile has a bicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional) consisting of the Senate (Senado) with 48 seats and the Chamber of Deputies (Camara de Diputados) with 120 seats.
Presidential elections were last held on December 12, 1999, with a runoff election on January 16, 2000.
Ricardo LAGOS Escobar was elected president with 51.32% of the vote against Joaquin LAVIN with 48.68%.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/election.watch/americas/chile5.html   (332 words)

  
 The State Hermitage Museum: Hermitage News
On 6 October, 2002, the Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Escobar on an official visit to the Russian Federation and his wife Luisa Duran visited the State Hermitage Museum.
The Hermitage Deputy Director Georgy V. Vilinbakhov took the President and members of the Chilean delegation for a tour of the museum.
Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Escobar and his wife Luisa Duran during the visit
www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/11/b2003/hm11_1_89.html   (74 words)

  
 Reply to the toast remarks by his excellency the president of Chile, President Ricardo Lagos Escobar
Reply to the toast remarks by his excellency the president of Chile, President Ricardo Lagos Escobar
Senora de Lagos, may I congratulate you on your recent appointment as an ambassador to the Hans Christian Andersen Bicentenary celebrations, which brings full circle the anniversaries of two literary icons, Pablo Neruda in 2004 and Hans Christian Andersen in 2005.
Please rise and join me in a toast to the good health and prosperity of their Excellencies, President Ricardo Lagos and Senora de Lagos, and to the eternal bond of friendship between the wonderful people of Chile and South Africa.
www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/mbeki/2005/tm0607.html   (941 words)

  
 Ricardo Lagos Escobar News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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 Government Of Chile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
chief of state: President Ricardo LAGOS Escobar (since 11 March 2000); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
head of government: President Ricardo LAGOS Escobar (since 11 March 2000); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
election results: Ricardo LAGOS Escobar elected president; percent of vote - Ricardo LAGOS Escobar 51.32%, Joaquin LAVIN 48.68%
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