Sara Larraín

Sara María Larraín Ruiz-Tagle (born 1952) is a Chilean politician and environmentalist who ran for president in 1999 presidential election.

Larraín, along with Gladys Marín (PCC) and Tomás Hirsch (PH) threw their support behind the Concertación coalition candidate, Ricardo Lagos.

[5] Larraín has continued her environmental activism with various organizations, principally working with the Sustainable Chile Program, of which she serves as director.

Since 2001 she has served as a member of the Consultative Council of the National Commission for the Environment (Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, CONAMA).

She has also been a strong opponent of projects like the Pascua Lama,[6][7][8] the dams in the Aisén Region,[9] and the introduction of nuclear power in her country to address Chile's energy crisis.