Socialist Bachelet wins Chilean presidency as opponent concedes

Monday, January 16, 2006

SANTIAGO, Chile -- A socialist doctor and former political prisoner was elected Sunday as the country's first female president, defeating a conservative multimillionaire opponent in a race that reflected Latin America's increasingly leftward tilt.

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