Alberto Espina is one of the founders of Renovación Nacional (RN), the party of Sebastián Piñera. The lawyer and former Minister of Defense of the deceased ex-president was his friend since 1989.

Espina: "I was impressed by the simplicity of a person who had always been so successful in business, and who never lost his mind. He was also brilliant" The former president died on Tuesday in an accident after the helicopter he was piloting fell into Lake Ranco.