Chile's Bachelet sworn in again
Chile's Bachelet sworn in again
11 March 2014
Michelle Bachelet may be older and wiser than she was eight years ago when she first assumed Chile's presidency, but chances are that leading her restive nation will not be any easier this time around.
The moderate socialist was inaugurated as Senator Isabel Allende, daughter of the former president Salvador Allende, placed the presidential sash on her shoulder before Chile's congress in Valparaiso.
Ms Bachelet's win followed a campaign of promises to finance education reform with higher corporate taxes, improve health care, change the dictatorship-era constitution to make Congress more representative and reduce the vast gap between rich and poor.
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During her first presidency in 2006-10, Ms Bachelet won praise for shepherding Chile through the global economic crisis. Although growth stumbled and unemployment rose, she used government reserves to help the poorest Chileans, and she enjoyed 84 percent approval when she left office.
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