Chile, Pinera oath as president. New strong shock

6 hours 45 minutes Mica Rosenberg Continue reading this Story conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera is now established as the new President of Chile, less than two weeks since the terrible earthquake that struck the country killing hundreds of people. While the oath, a series of strong aftershocks - one of them magnitude 6.0, the same as the earthquake that devastated Haiti - were experienced in central Chile and in the coastal city of Valparaiso, where the headquarters of the Congress. At the ceremony, the building was packed with diplomats, who tremble at the floor, they looked to the ceiling with some concern. If at first it seemed that the shock had caused serious damage, later became clear that most have had consequences: there have indeed been damaged, dead or wounded. skyscrapers in the capital Santiago have been evacuated for a short time and employees have poured into the streets. A Constitucion, one of the cities most affected by the earthquake of 27 February, the people fled to the hills after the Navy issued a tsunami alert, withdrew after a few hours. "It 'time to get down to work," he said after being sworn Pinera, adding that he had ordered the Interior Minister to coordinate personally the work of the State for emergencies, under strong criticism for the management of the earthquake and tsunami that caused it. I hope that the new Chilean head of state, an economist who studied at Harvard, uses his powers to bring to Shooting the economy, one of the most stable in Latin America. "The biggest challenge to identify the priorities to start rebuilding quickly. And 'This is the crucial aspect that will be evaluated during his administration" says Alberto Ramos, an economist at Goldman Sachs in New York. If the earthquake with the mining activities in the country - the biggest pr oduttore world copper - has suffered little damage, but have been seriously compromised other key sectors such as wine and fishing. A ceremony austere transfer of power between the outgoing president of the center-Pinera, Michelle Bachelet, was celebrated at noon with an austere ceremony, low profile in deference to victims' families. The earthquake of magnitude 8.8 that struck the country in February, killing hundreds of people and damaged infrastructure in much of south-central, putting at risk the electoral program by Pinera, who had promised to have economic growth of 6% per year and create millions of jobs. The official count 497 dead, while initially was set at 802, a figure that mistakenly included the missing. The survivors are hoping that Pinera enable the country to recover. "It 'a business man … and that's what we need right now. Someone who creates jobs for our children," says Carlos Fuentes, a fisherman 47 years who has lost her home and boat when the giant waves hit the town of Curanipe after the quake. Pinera, a former senator, made his fortune thanks to the credit card industry to an airline, and to place 437esimo the list of most wealthy people in the world compiled by Forbes, which has an estimated wealth of $ 2.2 billion. To finance reconstruction, the new president will issue international bonds and probably will use most of the proceeds to fund copper. Pinera's election marks a shift to the right in Latin America, where instead the power generation of leaders of the center and socialists. Bachelet, a former pediatrician, left office with a rate of consent records, l ' 84%, despite criticism about delays in relief efforts following the earthquake. - On www.reuters.it other news site Reuters in Italian. The top news also on www.twitter.com / reuters_italia