- Carmen Weber
Carmen Weber Aliaga (b.
1945 -August 8 ,2007 ) was the first wife ofChile an ex-presidentRicardo Lagos and mother of politicianRicardo Lagos Weber .Carmen Weber met and married Ricardo Lagos in 1961, with whom he had two children: Ricardo and Ximena. After Lagos obtained his Ph.D. in the U.S., he
annulled this marriage in 1969 (divorce was not legal in Chile until 2004.) He also obtained custody of his two children.She became famous during the run-up to the 1988 national plesbicite when she supported General
Augusto Pinochet , and spoke negatively of her former husband during an interview that was aired on September 30th of that year. That interview was considered the single most damaging moment against the Pinochet option as Chileans perceived her as vindictive and bitter, and sympathy went to the husband rather than her.As a consequence of an accidental fire at her home on
May 18 ,2007 , she suffered deep damage to her respiratory ways which eventually resulted on her death [cite news|url=http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20070808/pags/20070808222123.html|title=Murió Carmen Weber Aliaga, la primera esposa del ex Presidente Ricardo Lagos|date=August 9 ,2007 |publisher="La Nación".cl] . She died at her home in the city of Concon and was buried in Santiago.ee also
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Ricardo Lagos
*Chilean national plebiscite, 1988 References
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