Bachelet, who held Chile s highest office from 2006 to 2010, was the clear winner in the Andean nati

SANTIAGO, Nov 18 (Reuters) Camila Vallejo, who helped spearhead Chile s student uprising canadian train tours in 2011, leapt from the street protest to the ranks of Congress alongside three other former university leaders on Sunday, underscoring a generational shift in local politics.
The 25-year-old communist shot to international fame as one of the most recognizable faces of a student movement seeking free and improved education canadian train tours in a nation fettered by the worst income distribution among the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development s 34 member states.
Bachelet, who held Chile s highest office from 2006 to 2010, was the clear winner in the Andean nation s presidential election on Sunday, although she will have to go through a second-round runoff next month to seal her victory.
The massive student protests of 2011 rocked incumbent President Sebastian Pinera s government and helped shape the 2013 electoral campaign, with Bachelet running on a platform to implement a tax reform to finance an education overhaul.
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