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Former Chilean President Sebastián Piñera died this Tuesday after the helicopter he was traveling in crashed.
According to Chilean media, Piñera, 74, was piloting a plane carrying three other people and it crashed while flying over Lake Ranco in the Los Ríos region in the center of the country.
According to reports, the helicopter took off in persistent rain and fog and crashed after a few minutes of flight.
Piñera was President of Chile twice: between 2010 and 2014, before Michelle Bachelet, and between 2018 and 2022, when he was replaced by current President Gabriel Boric.
The President of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pou, lamented the loss of Piñera and recalled his attachment to the country:
“I met President Piñera a few years ago. He always had a positive attitude towards Uruguay and personally. As an example, it is enough to mention its support in the logistics offered for the arrival of vaccines during the pandemic. To the Chileans and their families.”, my condolences. RIP”wrote Lacalle in his “X” account