Bachelet Leads Pinera in Chilean Runoff
At a time when Latin America is clearly tilting left, Chileans appear to care less about ideology than about better pensions — one of the many goals shared by the socialist pediatrician and the conservative billionaire in Sunday’s presidential runoff. Polls indicated Michelle Bachelet, representing Chile’s governing center-left coalition, held the lead over Sebastian Pinera, a Harvard-trained economist who built an empire pioneering the credit-card business in Chile. If elected, Bachelet would be Chile’s first woman president. Full Story