Chile's new president sworn in
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-03-12 10:35

Chile's new President Michelle Bachelet receives the presidential sash from the President of the Senate Eduardo Frei (L) while outgoing president Ricardo Lagos (R) applauds in Valparaiso, Chile, March 11, 2006. Bachelet, who became Chile's first woman president, was taken political prisoner by the military regime in the 1970s and captivated Chileans in a role that symbolized reconciliation at long last between the country's deeply polarized right and left. [Reuters]