There’s some great thinking and analysis out there on Chile’s election. Here are some of the best items I’ve found so far:

First stop, check out Boz at Bloggings by Boz‘s Five Points on Chile, describing the implications of the election. I in particular agree with Point One, and think his Point Five is excellent, too. But go see all of them and see what you think. It’s a don’t miss here.

Randy Paul at Beautiful Horizons has some interesting – and rarely noted – facts about the issues Bachelet is likely to face regarding privatization, labor, and the social setup as she takes the presidency. His item on Codelco being nationalized for the army was particularly interesting. Here’s my anecdote about that whole thing – Not long ago, I wrote a story on a privatized Chilean company that controls a large segment of the world’s lithium and iodine. I called people in Chile and asked me to describe that famous desert area in the north where it’s located. Then I wrote the lead to the story, saying we were up here in Isabel Allende country. Then I talked to an analyst in Santiago and told him of my lede. He blanched, I could hear him blanch on the phone. No, don’t do it that way, he said: the company’s owned by Pinochet’s son-in-law! Something I didn’t know, but when I heard it, it all didn’t seem very surprising. Read Randy’s take on this here.

Rosario Lizana at Global Voices has a terrific roundup with lots of primary sources linked and a good optimistic analysis here. And Mary Joyce at Global Voices has a second roundup, updated, with reactions around the Chilean blogosphere, right here.

And don’t miss Robert Mayer’s at Publius Pundit‘s first analysis of the meaning of the election, and his own experiences in Chile, particularly with the in-need-of-improvement educational system, something Bachelet has the motivation and the potential to do something about. It’s first-rate stuff here.