Michelle Bachelet returns to lead Chile. The second round of the presidential elections saw the centre-left candidate obtain 62,18% of the votes, ahead of her right-wing opponent Evelyn Matthei, stuck at 37,76.
Bachelet was in power from 2006 to 2010. She then received a position in the UN agency for women, where she stood out for her commitment. Back in Chile earlier this year, she rebuilt the old centre-left alliance, now renamed the Nueva Mayoria, opening it up to communists and social movements.
Ready to listen to the needs of students, who have been engaged for years in a tough protest against the private system inherited from the military dictatorship, she has promised them to increase taxes on business income to finance public schools and universities.
Michelle intends to open up to the rights of gay couples and abortion in case of rape. But her greatest ambition is to put her hand to the Constitution inherited from Pinochet.
