Was Chilean poet Pablo Neruda poisoned?
Was Chilean poet Pablo Neruda poisoned?
Chilean judge has ordered exhumation of Pablo Neruda's body in effort to determine how the famous poet died.
By: Oakland Ross Feature Writer, Published on Fri Apr 05 2013
What — or who — killed Pablo Neruda?
Nobody knows for certain, but the world may soon find out.
This Sunday or Monday, the celebrated but long-dead poet is supposed to rise from the tomb — and maybe, just maybe, he will speak.
In a decision that may well owe more than a little to the expert opinion of three Canadian toxicologists, an investigating judge named Mario Carroza has ordered the removal of Neruda’s body from its grave near the Nobel laureate’s home at Isla Negra on Chile’s Pacific coast, following nearly 40 years of interment in two different locations.
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Many believe the poet could have played a key opposition role had he lived, especially when you consider that most other potential dissident leaders were either in detention or dead.
“The reason why Pinochet decided to kill him,” says Fornazzari, “is that he was the only one who could start an opposition outside the country.”
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http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/04/05/was_chilean_poet_pablo_neruda_poisoned.html
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