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October 23, 2017

Chile: Investigators Say Poet Pablo Neruda Did Not Die of Cancer After 1973 Coup
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In Chile, forensic scientists said Friday that famed poet and Nobel
laureate Pablo Neruda did not die of cancer in 1973, as stated on his
death certificate, bolstering claims that Neruda was poisoned under
General Augusto Pinochet's rule. Neruda's driver has claimed he was
poisoned by a stomach injection administered by doctors. Neruda, who won
the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971, was a close friend of the ousted
President Salvador Allende. Forensic experts say they'll need up to a
year to determine the true cause of Neruda's death.


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