Chile: Conservative Pinera sworn in for second term as president

The billionaire has vowed to revive an economy that has slumped under outgoing center-left leader Michelle Bachelet.

Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera has been sworn in as Chile‘s president for the second time.

He vowed to revive an economy that has slumped under outgoing center-left leader Michelle Bachelet.

It is the second time Bachelet has turned over the presidency to Pinera.

Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from Santiago.

By Lucia Newman