- Miguel Piñera
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Not to be confused with Miguel Piñero.
José Miguel Piñera Echenique more often known as Negro Piñera, (October 15, 1954 in Santiago) is a Chilean celebrity, night club owner and amateur musician. He is the brother of the President of Chile Sebastián Piñera and of the economist José Piñera, and is married to the Argentinean model Belén Hidalgo. Negro Piñera is of Asturian[1] and Basque[2] descent.
Miguel Piñera is the fifth son of José Piñera Carvallo and Magdalena Echenique Rozas. His siblings are Guadalupe, José, Sebastián, Pablo, and María Teresa "Magdalena" (Pichita).
He studied at The Divine Word School (Colegio del Verbo Divino) and Saint George. During his adolescence, he lived in Belgium through his father's role as the Chilean ambassador to Belgium and the United Nations. His father's profession would also later take him to live in New York City.
At the age of fifteen, he received his first electrical guitar and would develop his musical talent. He participated in South America's largest music festival, Festival de Viña del Mar, in 1983.
He is a well known celebrity in the Chilean show business and nightclub industries.
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Categories:- 1954 births
- Chilean guitarists
- Chilean musicians
- Chilean male singers
- Chilean songwriters
- Chilean people of Basque descent
- Chilean people of Spanish descent
- Chilean Roman Catholics
- Living people
- People from Santiago
- Piñera family
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