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Foreword

Rt Hon Tony Blair MP, Prime Minister

Introductory article

Chile and its integration into the global world

The Rebirth of Chile

Speech at Opening of Congressional Year, Valparaiso

Building a country centred on the human being

Speech on presentation of the Rectorial Medal, Faculty of Law, University of Chile, Santiago

Chile"s latest step on the path to truth

Article in the Christian Science Monitor, Boston, USA

Without democracy, there can be no progress

Speech opening 3rd Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies, Santiago

Chile 30 years later: the legacy of a crushed dream: "Never again"

Article in International Herald Tribune, New York, USA

The EU, Latin America and the Caribbean: Ten areas for collaboration

Article published in El País, Madrid, Spain

2003 Canning Lecture: How this world is being organised?

Lecture delivered in Lancaster House, London, UK

The European-Southern hemisphere relationship

Speech at Progressive Government Conference, Budapest, Hungary

Agreement of Political Association, Commerce and Cooperation, Chile-EU

Speech at Summit Conference of the EU/Latin America & the Caribbean, Madrid, Spain

Getting back on the right track

Article in El País-International, Madrid, Spain

What is a utopia if it isn"t our dream of a better world?

Mesaage to students at University of Duke, North Carolina, USA

Declaration for the Release of Aung San Suu Kyi

Joint Declaration by Ricardo Lagos, Thabo Mbeki, Göran Persson & Helen Clark in IHT, New York, USA

Public goods and citizenship: How do we proceed?

Article published in El País, Madrid, Spain

The challenges to harness IT for the poor

Joint article by Ricardo Lagos, Thabo Mbeki and Göran Persson published in the IHT, New York, USA

A view from the South

Speech to the Progressive Governance Conference, London, United Kingdom

Free Trade Agreement: Chile-USA

Speech at signing of the Agreement, Santiago, Chile

Chile and South Africa: Ethical bonds

Article published in Mail and Guardian, Johannesburg, South Africa

Chile and China look to the future

Article marking the visit of President Hu Jintao and in commemoration of APEC-Chile year: published in China Daily, Beijing, China

APEC and MERCOSUR: an opportunity presents itself

Article published in Clarín, Buenos Aires, Argentina

We are a bridge to South America

Article published in the Economic Times, Delhi, India

We need to live in a world that is much more secure

Interview for Public Broadcasting Service, USA

Chile"s socialist leader is betting on the new economy

Interview in Latin America Business Week, New York, USA

We worry about the recurrent crises

Interview in Weekly Report Latin American Newsletter, London, UK

Latin America after the Cold War

Interview in Magazine Polytika, Warsaw, Poland

We are planning... 5 per cent growth in GDP

Interview by Herbert Klein, published in San Diego Union-Tribune and others, California, USA

Chilean model

Interview in ASIA INC, Singapore

There is no tomorrow without yesterday

Interview in Al Ahram, Cairo, Egypt

The importance of dreaming about the future

Interview by Jose Zepeda Varas, Latin American Department of Radio Nederland, The Netherlands