An appeals court in Santiago, Chile, has ruled to reopen the investigation into the death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda, who passed away days after the country's 1973 military coup. The court's decision comes after Neruda's nephew, Rodolfo Reyes, presented evidence suggesting that the poet may have been poisoned.
Reyes cited forensic tests conducted by experts from Canada, Denmark, and Chile, which revealed the presence of a lethal toxin, Cloristridium botulinum, in Neruda's body. This finding contradicts the official cause of death listed as complications from prostate cancer on Neruda's death certificate.
