A Socialist once again is president of Chile

A female pediatrician -- whose father died at the hands of the Pinochet regime and who was herself jailed and tortured -- was elected president of Chile yesterday.

"Violence ravaged my life," Michelle Bachelet said Sunday night, in an impassioned victory speech to a jubilant crowd gathered on the main downtown avenue here. "I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred."