Socialist Party of Chile Socialist Party of Chile The Socialist Party of Chile (, or PS) is a political party within the centre-left Nueva Mayoría. Its historic leader was President of Chile Salvador Allende, who was deposed in a coup d'état by General Pinochet in 1973. Twenty-seven years later, Ricardo Lagos Escobar represented the Socialist Party in the 1999 presidential elections. He won 48.0% in the first round of voting and was elected with 51.3% in the second round. In the legislative elections on 16 December 2001, as part of the Coalition of Parties for Democracy, the party won 10 out of 117 seats
Chile–Haiti relations Chile–Haiti relations Chile–Haiti relations are the bilateral relations between Chile and Haiti. Chile has an embassy in Port-au-Prince. Haiti has an embassy in Santiago. Both countries are members of Organization of American States. In March 2006, Haitian president-elect, René Préval, visited Chile to attend the inauguration ceremony for Chile's president Michelle Bachelet. In June 2006, President Bachelet visited Haitian President Preval. Bachelet pledged to "continue offering support so that every Haitian has a better chance to have health care, education and housing." Bachelet was the first head of state to visit Haiti since Preval took power in May. Bachelet said