Latina Babelog

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.

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