{"id":15188,"date":"2024-02-07T01:46:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T01:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/07\/former-chilean-president-sebastian-pinera-has-died-in-a-helicopter-crash-says-his-office\/"},"modified":"2024-02-07T01:46:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T01:46:13","slug":"former-chilean-president-sebastian-pinera-has-died-in-a-helicopter-crash-says-his-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/07\/former-chilean-president-sebastian-pinera-has-died-in-a-helicopter-crash-says-his-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Chilean President Sebastian\u00a0Pinera has died in a helicopter crash, says his office"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Chilean President Sebastian\u00a0Pinera has died in a helicopter crash in Chile. <\/p>\n

The helicopter carrying the conservative billionaire crashed in the Los R\u00edos region of southern Chile, according to a statement from his office Tuesday. It was carrying four people, three of whom survived the crash and are \u201cout of danger,\u201d the Chilean Minister of Interior Carolina Toh\u00e1 said. <\/p>\n

At the time of the crash, there was widespread rainfall in the area, but it is unclear if the weather caused the crash. Pinera\u2019s body has been recovered by the Chilean navy. <\/p>\n

Pinera, who was 74 years old, was Chile\u2019s president from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022. <\/p>\n

A state funeral will be held for the late leader, and Chilean President Gabriel Boric has declared three days of national mourning \u2013 though it is unclear when it will start. <\/p>\n

The country was already in a state of national mourning due to ongoing forest fires, believed to be the worst on record, that have killed more than 120 people. <\/p>\n

Chile\u2019s government \u201cexpresses its shock due to this tragedy, extends its hug in solidarity to the former president\u2019s family, to those close to him, but also to all Chileans,\u201d Toh\u00e1\u2019s statement said. <\/p>\n

Pinera was educated in Chile and at Harvard University in the United States. According to Forbes, the businessman-turned-politician was worth an estimated $2.7 billion. He founded the credit card company Banco in the 1970s and, during his first stint as president, honored a promise to divest his assets, the magazine reported. <\/p>\n

Pinera\u2019s first term began in 2010 when he succeeded Michelle Bachelet, a popular president who steered the country through the global economic downturn. <\/p>\n

His second term was punctuated by massive protests and riots, which shook the country in October 2019 as protesters demanded better pensions, better education, and the end to an economic system that they said favored the elite. <\/p>\n

The unrest led then-outgoing President Pinera to agree to a popular vote about the need to change the constitution inherited from the dictatorship. <\/p>\n

He also presided over the country\u2019s Covid-19 pandemic response, where the Andean nation of 19 million saw one of the highest vaccination rates in the world. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe genuinely sought what he thought was best for the country,\u201d Boric said Tuesday. \u201cFor example, when he took on the reconstruction of the country after the February 27, 2010, earthquake, or when he took risks \u2026 to rescue the 33 miners from the San Jose mine, and more recently, in managing the pandemic in times of global uncertainty.\u201d <\/p>\n

Regional leaders mourned Pinera\u2019s passing. \u201cI met President Pinera several years ago. He always had a positive attitude towards Uruguay and me personally. As an example\u2026 his support with the logistics offered for the arrival of vaccines during the pandemic,\u201d Uruguay\u2019s President Luis Lacalle Pou wrote on X. <\/p>\n

Argentinian President Javier Milei also sent his condolences in a post on X. \u201cOn behalf of the state of Argentina, we send our condolences to the family, friends, and people of Chile,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n

This is a developing story and will be updated. <\/p>\n\n

This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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