Chile to reopen probe into poet Neruda's death

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 22, 2024 12:12 am

SANTIAGO: Chile will once again try to resolve the mystery of what really killed Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, who many believe was poisoned by the regime of the late dictator Augusto Pinochet, a court said on Tuesday.

An appeals court in the capital Santiago ordered the reopening of the investigation into the death of Neruda, who was a prominent member of Chile's Communist Party when Pinochet took power in 1973.

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