It was said that Chile was not ready to vote for a woman, it was traditionally a sexist country. In the end, the reverse happened: the fact of being a woman became a symbol of the process of cultural change the country was undergoing.
AwardsForbes Magazine's List Of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic; Order Of Vytautas The Great; Order Of Australia; Order Of Isabella The Catholic; Doctor Honoris Causa