Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile "The Transformation of Chile" June 12, 2008

President Bachelet answers questions from the audience with moderator Harley Shaiken, the Chair of the Center for Latin American Studies, in Chevron Audiitorium on June 12.

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CLAS Chair Harley Shaiken's Introduction of President Bachelet

Before her talk, President Bachelet talks with UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau (left), who presented her with the Berkeley Medal at tonight's event.

President Michelle Bachelet

President Michelle Bachelet (right) is welcomed to the University of California, Berkeley at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory by Prof. Harley Shaiken (left) and Prof. George Smoot, the 2006 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (center).

Prof. Jim Siegrist (left), Head of the Physics Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, joins Prof. George Smoot (right), the 2006 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, and Prof. Harley Shaiken (center right) in welcoming President Bachelet (center left) in front of the Nobel Laureate Wall at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Prof. Beatriz Manz (left), Chair of the Department of Comparative Ethnic Studies, and Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley (right). Political Science graduate student, Taylor Boas (center), looks on.

President Bachelet visits Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, as part of her visit's emphasis on exploring alternative energy for Chile's future. Directly to her left is Berkeley Professor of Physics George Smoot, winner of the Nobel Prize in 2006; to his left is Chilean Minister of Economy Hugo Lavados. To President Bachelet's right: Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs Alejandro Foxley; Professor Harley Shaiken, Chair of the Center for Latin American Studies; and Mariano Fernández, Chile's Ambassador to the United States.

President Bachelet (right) grants an exclusive interview to Sade Kammen (left) of Time Kids. Sade is the daughter of Prof. Dan Kammen (not pictured), a presenter at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy at the University of California, Berkeley.

Juan Gabriel Valdés (left), Chile's past Ambassador to the United Nations and a visitor to CLAS in spring 2008, talks with Professor Beatriz Manz, Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies, and Professor Harley Shaiken, Chair of the Center for Latin American Studies.

A visibly moved President Bachelet accepts the Berkeley Medal.

A packed auditorium looks on as President Michelle Bachelet gives her public address entitled, "The Transformation of Chile".

President Michelle Bachelet and Prof. Beatriz Manz

President Bachelet speaking with Berkeley Law School Dean, Christopher Edley.