Archive for January, 2006
First women elected president in Chile
Socialist Michelle Bachelet won Chile’s presidential election on Sunday, becoming the Andean nation’s first woman leader while further consolidating Latin America’s move to the left.
Bachelet, a paediatrician and former political prisoner, handily beat her conservative challenger, multimillionaire businessman Sebastian Pinera. With 97.5% of about 7.2 million votes counted, Bachelet had 53.4% of the vote to Pinera’s 46.5%, official results showed.
