The president paid his respects upon learning of the death of the former Chilean president, who died after his helicopter crashed.
President Luis Lacalle Pou expressed his shock after the death of the former president of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, whom he highlighted for his “positive attitude towards Uruguay”, after learning that the helicopter he was traveling in crashed to the ground.
Lacalle Pou highlighted the knowledge of several years with pineapple and valued the personal relationship. “As an example, it is enough to mention their support with the logistics offered for the arrival of vaccines during the pandemic”, He highlighted and, from his X account, stated: “To the Chileans and their family, my condolences. RIP.”
The Uruguayan head of state thus referred to the shipment of 192,000 doses of the vaccine from the Chinese laboratory Sinovac which arrived on February 25, 2021, transferred on a Chilean airline charter Latam, from Beijing. These vaccines were essential for the plan that began on March 1, inoculating teachers, police officers, firefighters and military personnel on duty, as well as health workers. Institute for Children and Adolescents of Uruguay under 60 years old.
The former Chilean president was 74 years old and died in a car accident. helicopter occurred in the commune of Ranco Lake, Los Ríos Region, to the south, as confirmed by sources close to that country to La Tercera, who also indicated that three other people were traveling on the aircraft, who were found by emergency teams.
The Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá, reported that four people were on the helicopter. “Three of them were able to reach the shore on their own, they are out of danger. But this was not the case with the fourth crew member, who was the former president. Sebastian Piñera”, he stated in a press conference.
“I want to express my condolences for the death of the president Piñera”, the president said in a message on the national radio and television network Gabriel Boric, who added: “I extend a loving hug to his wife, his children, and to all Chileans who receive this news with pain. In addition, he decreed three days of national mourning to honor his memory, while the funeral is scheduled for on Friday.
Piñera’s career
pineapple was a politician, commercial engineer and businessman, born on December 1, 1949 in Santiago. Militant of Christian Democratic Party, He was elected as president twice in the periods 2010-2014 and 2018-2022.
In addition, between 2011 and 2013 he served as the first pro tempore president of the Celac, while between 2019 and 2020 he became the first pro tempore president of the Prosur.
At the same time, on the business side, pineapple He had a heritage of about 3,000 million dollars, something that even took him to the famous list Forbes.
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