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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda days after Chile’s 1973 military coup should be reinvestigated, an appeals court ruled Tuesday, saying new steps could help clarify what killed the poet. Last December, a judge rejected a request by Neruda’s nephew to reopen the case to look for causes other than […]
Chilean writer, poet and diplomat Pablo Neruda, then ambassador in France, answers journalists' questions on October 21, 1971 next to his wife at the Chilean embassy in Paris
Tests carried out in Danish and Canadian labs indicated a "great quantity of Clostridium botulinum" was found in Neruda's body. The powerful toxin is incompatible with human life, and can cause paralysis in the nervous system.
Fourteen years after initial queries, Chile's Court of Appeals mandates the reopening of the investigation into Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda's death, challenging the narrative of his demise post-Pinochet's coup and rekindling debates on state terrorism and historical accountability.
An appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda shortly after Chile's 1973 military coup should undergo...