Santiago de Chile, Feb 20 (EFE). – A Santiago Court of Appeals decided to reopen the investigation into the death of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, which occurred 12 days after the coup led by Augusto Pinochet in 1973, the Nobel laureate’s family, the plaintiff in the case, told EFE. “The investigation has not been exhausted …
Santiago de Chile, Dec 7 (EFE) – Judge Paola Plaza of the Santiago Court of Appeals on Thursday rejected a request by the family of poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda and the Chilean Communist Party to reopen the investigation into his controversial death, which occurred in 1973, just 12 days after a military coup …
A British-born dancer and instructor, Joan Jara dedicated herself to finding justice for her husband, Victor Jara, a popular Chilean folk singer and songwriter who was killed during the military coup d’état that brought Augusto Pinochet to dictatorial power in 1973.
Victor Jara, a popular folk singer in Chile and a Communist, was murdered by the military with others in the turmoil that carried Gen. Augusto Pinochet to power in 1973.
The composer was assassinated along with former prisons chief Littré Quiroga five days after the September 11, 1973 coup against socialist president Salvador Allende