The speed of changes in values in Chile is much slower than in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil or Mexico. We are changing, but we are still lagging behind in leaving the traditional society for one that is more modern and open. So in the end it is a question of seeing the glass as half empty or half full.

She smashed traditional power structures, turned the system upside down. That's what people want.

It diminishes the whole process to call it a leftist takeover ? much less a feminine takeover; what's happening today is a takeover of the democratic majority.