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Ricardo Lagos exploded onto the international stage in 1988 after he gave a speech denouncing Augusto Pinochet, the first of its kind.  Revolution soon followed, and when Lagos eventually assumed the presidency, he implemented monumental reforms both internal and external - replacing repression with a commitment to open society; revitalizing trade; and rebuilding the education system.  Here, Lagos teams up with Foreign Policy managing editor Blake Hounshell and former editor Elizabeth Dickinson to give readers an inside look at what President Obama recently called "a model for other parts of the world." With a foreword by Bill Clinton, THE SOUTHERN TIGER provides a captivating glimpse inside the reinvention of a nation. RSVP is needed. Please contact Paula Pacheco at pp2383@columbia.edu.