This Monday, the former president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, was invited to the inauguration of the academic activities of the Faculty of Communications and Arts of the University of the Americas. In a conversation led by Dean Mauro Lombardi, he reflected on the current challenges facing the country and the world, highlighting the role of universities, the strengthening of public policies, gender equity and the impact of artifice intelligence, among other issues. Asked about her position on migration in Chile, the ex -president said “if we are not able, as an international community, to understand the roots of migration, we will not solve it. If not, we are trying to give an aspirin to a much more background problem.” For months of the next presidential elections, the former UN Human Rights Commissioner was consulted on the challenges of the next government and stressed that “who assumes the country’s leadership must take care of the social challenges we face. Our population is very fragmented and politically polarized, with a high level of disaffection towards the institutions,” he said. “You have to rebuild affections and generate more solidarity. I do not mean that the next president has to be a psychologist, but I do believe that whoever leads to the country must be aware of the emotional state of our country.”
