#Santiago: Left-wing Ex-president Michelle #Bachelet wins #Chile poll run-off
Post date: Dec 16, 2013 10:06:07 AM
Michelle Bachelet
CHILE de todos
Santiago Chile
...reduce the gap between rich and poor
With nearly 90% of the vote counted, Ms Bachelet had 62% to 38% for Evelyn Matthei, a former minister from the ruling centre-right coalition. She received a congratulatory telephone call from outgoing President Sebastian Pinera
Ms Bachelet first served as president in 2006-10, after which she was obliged by electoral laws to stand down.
Ms Bachelet leads an alliance of her Socialist Party, Christian Democrats and Communists and has campaigned on policies designed to reduce the gap between rich and poor.