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CAMILA VALLEJO IS "Person of the Year" 

for The Guardian 
With a majority vote of 78%, British newspaper readers preferred the former President dated for his role in the student movement that transcended left the country.
Monday December 19, 2011 | by Nación.cl - photo: Archive


With 78% of the votes, the student leader and former president of the FECH Camila Vallejo was chosen as "Person of the Year" by readers of British newspaper The Guardian.
His role in the student movement that developed during this year in our country and beyond the borders to be preferred outweighed the British newspaper was closed on Monday.
This choice was related to the decision to appoint as Time magazine Person of the Year 2011 at the figure of the "protester".
Vallejo won by far the candidate who came second, the Tunisian Mohammed Bouazizi (14.9%), seller who blew himself up in the context of the protests in his country. In third place was Tariq Jahan (1.7%), who after the death of his son in riots in Birmingham called for calm.
Further back were the people of Fukushima (1.3%), Chancellor Angela Merkel (1.2%), Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (0.8%), Egypt's Wael Ghonim (0.8% ), the Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai of Peace (0.7%), the Troy Davis was sentenced to death (0.5%) and credit rating agencies in the Eurozone (0.2%).

" CONFIRM THE FIRST SHOW OF RIHANNA IN CHILE FOR MARCH "

Will be responsible for the production MusicAgencia Chile. Ticket information and values ​​will be released next week.


Producer MusicAgencia Chile has just confirmed the presentation of the singer Rihanna in Chile the second fortnight of March next year at the Movistar Arena. In fact, the venue is already booked for the first show of the singer-songwriter pop.
Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, the statuesque star was moved to America at age 16 to start a music career under the guidance of producer Evan Rogers. He then signed a contract with Def Jam Recordings to participate in an audition for the then record label boss Jay-Z.
According to executives of MusicAgencia Chile, ticketing details, prices and other will be announced next week.
Rihanna has sold over 28 million albums and 100 million singles worldwide and is the second biggest selling artist of certified digital singles in the history of the music industry in the U.S., with 21 million digital copies.
The 10 million discs sold in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.