Michelle Bachelet sworn in as Chile's first woman president

Sunday, March 12, 2006

VALPARAISO, Chile -- Michelle Bachelet, a single mother who was tortured under Chile's military dictatorship, was sworn in as the country's president on Saturday and promptly fulfilled a key campaign promise by naming women to half her Cabinet posts.

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