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

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.

The Chilean people have a profound feeling of solidarity towards the American people.

It's going to be a long reconstruction in New Orleans and here. People are coming with their children. Some have lost documents. Some are undocumented.

We want to capture the 90 percent of people who think libraries are a good idea, but who don't use it.

Some boys accepted me, some didn't. And my family had comments made to them. Brazil is still a very macho society, and sports are mainly for boys, so people would say to them: 'What is this girl doing? Why is she always out there in the soccer games with the boys?'