SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Michelle Bachelet, who will be president of Chile for the second time after triumphing in an election runoff on Sunday, plans to spend $15 billion on ambitious reforms aimed at redressing steep income inequality.
Centre-left Bachelet, who governed as Chile's first female president from 2006 to 2010, won an easy victory on Sunday and will take power in March next year from the conservative Sebastian Pinera.
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