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Rais wa zamani wa Chile, Sebastián Piñera aliyehudumu kwa mihula miwili na Mfanyabiashara Bilionea, amefariki katika ajali ya helikopta akiwa na umri wa miaka 74.
Watu wengine watatu waliokuwa ndani ya ndege hiyo walinusurika ilipoanguka katika ziwa karibu na mji wa kusini wa Lago Ranco.
Piñera alikuwa amerusha helikopta yake mwenyewe lakini hakukuwa na uthibitisho rasmi kwamba alikuwa rubani wakati wa ajali hiyo.
Maombolezo ya kitaifa yametangazwa na heshima zimetolewa kutoka katika mgawanyiko wa kisiasa wa Amerika Kusini.
Mwanasiasa huyo wa kihafidhina alipewa sifa ya ukuaji wa haraka wa uchumi wakati wa muhula wake wa kwanza kutoka 2010 hadi 2014.
Nje ya nchi, labda alijulikana zaidi kwa kusimamia uokoaji wa kuvutia wa wachimba migodi 33 walionaswa kwa siku 69 chini ya Jangwa la Atacama mnamo 2010, hadithi ambayo ilishika ulimwengu.
Walakini, muhula wake wa pili, kutoka 2018 hadi mwaka jana, ulikumbwa na machafuko ya kijamii.
Mwili wake ulichukuliwa na jeshi la wanamaji la Chile baada ya ajali hiyo katika eneo ambalo, kulingana na gazeti la Uhispania El País, alitumia likizo na familia yake kila Februari.
Akitangaza siku tatu za maombolezo na mazishi ya serikali, mrithi wake wa kushoto kama rais wa Chile, Gabriel Boric, alitoa heshima kubwa kwa Piñera.
"Sote ni Chile na tunapaswa kuiota, kuchora na kuijenga pamoja," alisema. "Sebastián Piñera alisema haya alipochukua muhula wake wa pili wa urais mnamo 11 Machi 2018. Tunatuma kumbatio kubwa kwa familia yake na wapendwa wake katika nyakati hizi ngumu."
Rais wa mrengo wa kushoto wa Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, alisema "alishangazwa na kuhuzunishwa" na kifo cha Piñera.
"Tulielewana, tulifanya kazi ili kuimarisha uhusiano kati ya nchi zetu na kila wakati tulikuwa na mazungumzo mazuri, tulipokuwa marais wote, na pia wakati hatukuwa," aliandika kwenye X.
Rais wa zamani wa kihafidhina wa Argentina Mauricio Macri alisema kifo cha Piñera kilikuwa "hasara isiyoweza kubadilishwa" na alihisi "huzuni kubwa" wakati Ivan Duque, rais wa zamani wa kihafidhina wa Colombia, alisema alihuzunishwa sana na kifo cha rafiki yake.
Mnamo 2010, Piñera alikua rais wa kwanza wa kihafidhina wa Chile tangu kumalizika kwa utawala wa kijeshi mnamo 1990.
Mchumi huyo aliyepata mafunzo ya Harvard alimtimua Rais wa kwanza mwanamke wa nchi hiyo, Michelle Bachelet, na kuahidi kubadilisha ujuzi wake wa biashara katika ukuaji wa uchumi wa nchi hiyo.
Alizaliwa mwaka wa 1949, akawa mmoja wa watu matajiri zaidi wa Chile, akipata pesa nyingi katika miaka ya 1980 alipoanzisha kadi za mkopo nchini Chile kupitia kampuni yake ya Bancard.
Pia aliwekeza katika shirika kuu la ndege la Chile, Lan Chile, klabu kuu ya soka nchini humo, Colo Colo, na kituo cha televisheni.
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Sebastián Piñera: Former president of Chile dies in helicopter crash
Chilean ex-President Sebastián Piñera, who served two terms and was also a billionaire businessman, has died in a helicopter crash at the age of 74.
Three other people aboard the aircraft survived when it came down in a lake near the southern town of Lago Ranco.
Piñera had flown his own helicopter but there was no official confirmation he had been the pilot during the crash.
National mourning has been declared and tributes have been paid from across Latin America's political divide.
The conservative politician was credited with rapid economic growth during his first term from 2010 to 2014.
Abroad, he was perhaps best known for overseeing the spectacular rescue of 33 miners trapped for 69 days beneath the Atacama Desert in 2010, a story which gripped the world.
However, his second term, from 2018 until last year, was marred by violent social unrest.
His body was retrieved by the Chilean navy after the crash in a region where, according to Spanish newspaper El País, he spent holidays with his family every February.
Announcing three days of mourning and a state funeral, his leftist successor as Chile's president, Gabriel Boric, paid a warm tribute to Piñera.
"We are all Chile and we should dream it, draw it and build it together," he said. "Sebastián Piñera said this when he assumed his second presidential term on 11 March 2018. We send a big hug to his family and loved ones in these hard times."
Brazil's leftist President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said he was "surprised and saddened" by Piñera's death.
"We got along, we worked to strengthen the relationship between our countries and we always had a good dialogue, when we were both presidents, and also when we weren't," he wrote on X.
Argentina's former conservative President Mauricio Macri said Piñera's death was an "irreplaceable loss" and he felt "immense sadness" while Iván Duque, the former conservative president of Colombia, said he felt great sadness over the death of his friend.
In 2010, Piñera became Chile's first conservative president since the end of military rule in 1990.
The Harvard-trained economist displaced the country's first female President, Michelle Bachelet, promising to turn his business acumen to the country's economic growth.
Born in 1949, he became one of Chile's richest men, making much of his money in the 1980s when he introduced credit cards to Chile through his company Bancard.
He also invested in Chile's biggest main airline, Lan Chile, the country's top football club, Colo Colo, and a television channel.
Source: BBC
Watu wengine watatu waliokuwa ndani ya ndege hiyo walinusurika ilipoanguka katika ziwa karibu na mji wa kusini wa Lago Ranco.
Piñera alikuwa amerusha helikopta yake mwenyewe lakini hakukuwa na uthibitisho rasmi kwamba alikuwa rubani wakati wa ajali hiyo.
Maombolezo ya kitaifa yametangazwa na heshima zimetolewa kutoka katika mgawanyiko wa kisiasa wa Amerika Kusini.
Mwanasiasa huyo wa kihafidhina alipewa sifa ya ukuaji wa haraka wa uchumi wakati wa muhula wake wa kwanza kutoka 2010 hadi 2014.
Nje ya nchi, labda alijulikana zaidi kwa kusimamia uokoaji wa kuvutia wa wachimba migodi 33 walionaswa kwa siku 69 chini ya Jangwa la Atacama mnamo 2010, hadithi ambayo ilishika ulimwengu.
Walakini, muhula wake wa pili, kutoka 2018 hadi mwaka jana, ulikumbwa na machafuko ya kijamii.
Mwili wake ulichukuliwa na jeshi la wanamaji la Chile baada ya ajali hiyo katika eneo ambalo, kulingana na gazeti la Uhispania El País, alitumia likizo na familia yake kila Februari.
Akitangaza siku tatu za maombolezo na mazishi ya serikali, mrithi wake wa kushoto kama rais wa Chile, Gabriel Boric, alitoa heshima kubwa kwa Piñera.
"Sote ni Chile na tunapaswa kuiota, kuchora na kuijenga pamoja," alisema. "Sebastián Piñera alisema haya alipochukua muhula wake wa pili wa urais mnamo 11 Machi 2018. Tunatuma kumbatio kubwa kwa familia yake na wapendwa wake katika nyakati hizi ngumu."
Rais wa mrengo wa kushoto wa Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, alisema "alishangazwa na kuhuzunishwa" na kifo cha Piñera.
"Tulielewana, tulifanya kazi ili kuimarisha uhusiano kati ya nchi zetu na kila wakati tulikuwa na mazungumzo mazuri, tulipokuwa marais wote, na pia wakati hatukuwa," aliandika kwenye X.
Rais wa zamani wa kihafidhina wa Argentina Mauricio Macri alisema kifo cha Piñera kilikuwa "hasara isiyoweza kubadilishwa" na alihisi "huzuni kubwa" wakati Ivan Duque, rais wa zamani wa kihafidhina wa Colombia, alisema alihuzunishwa sana na kifo cha rafiki yake.
Mnamo 2010, Piñera alikua rais wa kwanza wa kihafidhina wa Chile tangu kumalizika kwa utawala wa kijeshi mnamo 1990.
Mchumi huyo aliyepata mafunzo ya Harvard alimtimua Rais wa kwanza mwanamke wa nchi hiyo, Michelle Bachelet, na kuahidi kubadilisha ujuzi wake wa biashara katika ukuaji wa uchumi wa nchi hiyo.
Alizaliwa mwaka wa 1949, akawa mmoja wa watu matajiri zaidi wa Chile, akipata pesa nyingi katika miaka ya 1980 alipoanzisha kadi za mkopo nchini Chile kupitia kampuni yake ya Bancard.
Pia aliwekeza katika shirika kuu la ndege la Chile, Lan Chile, klabu kuu ya soka nchini humo, Colo Colo, na kituo cha televisheni.
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Sebastián Piñera: Former president of Chile dies in helicopter crash
Chilean ex-President Sebastián Piñera, who served two terms and was also a billionaire businessman, has died in a helicopter crash at the age of 74.
Three other people aboard the aircraft survived when it came down in a lake near the southern town of Lago Ranco.
Piñera had flown his own helicopter but there was no official confirmation he had been the pilot during the crash.
National mourning has been declared and tributes have been paid from across Latin America's political divide.
The conservative politician was credited with rapid economic growth during his first term from 2010 to 2014.
Abroad, he was perhaps best known for overseeing the spectacular rescue of 33 miners trapped for 69 days beneath the Atacama Desert in 2010, a story which gripped the world.
However, his second term, from 2018 until last year, was marred by violent social unrest.
His body was retrieved by the Chilean navy after the crash in a region where, according to Spanish newspaper El País, he spent holidays with his family every February.
Announcing three days of mourning and a state funeral, his leftist successor as Chile's president, Gabriel Boric, paid a warm tribute to Piñera.
"We are all Chile and we should dream it, draw it and build it together," he said. "Sebastián Piñera said this when he assumed his second presidential term on 11 March 2018. We send a big hug to his family and loved ones in these hard times."
Brazil's leftist President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said he was "surprised and saddened" by Piñera's death.
"We got along, we worked to strengthen the relationship between our countries and we always had a good dialogue, when we were both presidents, and also when we weren't," he wrote on X.
Argentina's former conservative President Mauricio Macri said Piñera's death was an "irreplaceable loss" and he felt "immense sadness" while Iván Duque, the former conservative president of Colombia, said he felt great sadness over the death of his friend.
In 2010, Piñera became Chile's first conservative president since the end of military rule in 1990.
The Harvard-trained economist displaced the country's first female President, Michelle Bachelet, promising to turn his business acumen to the country's economic growth.
Born in 1949, he became one of Chile's richest men, making much of his money in the 1980s when he introduced credit cards to Chile through his company Bancard.
He also invested in Chile's biggest main airline, Lan Chile, the country's top football club, Colo Colo, and a television channel.
Source: BBC
