 Michelle Bachelet on the campaign trail Chile is about to have a new female president, Michelle Bachelet. Brazil already has one, Dilma Rousseff. So too Argentina, in the figure of Cristina Fernández. Add up their three economies, and a combined gross domestic product of $3,000bn will soon be presided over by female leaders. Moreover, this is in a continent more often noted for machismo than women's rights. It just goes to show how often stereotypes can be wrong. Or are they? Read more | 
