The helicopter carrying Pinera, 74, and three others plunged into a lake in southern Chile. The former president was pronounced dead shortly after rescue personnel arrived at the scene. The other three passengers survived.
President Gabriel Boric declared a grim update on Saturday as the death toll from the rampant forest fires in central Chile reached 46. The Valparaiso region, housing nearly a million inhabitants, witnessed black smoke engulfing the sky, prompting intensified firefighting efforts.
With 56 per cent of the votes, Gabriel Boric handily defeated by more than 10 points lawmaker José Antonio Kast, who tried unsuccessfully to scare voters that his young, inexperienced opponent would upend Chile's vaunted record as Latin America's most stable, advanced economy.
San Jose Mine, Chile: Chile's President Sebastian Pinera said Monday that his government is "very close" to pulling 33 trapped miners to safety and he hopes to be there in person to see the rescue
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