Chile judge orders exhumation of Pablo Neruda's remains

[valkeakuulas]

A judge in Chile has ordered the exhumation of the remains of the poet Pablo Neruda, as part of an inquest into his death in 1973. The left-wing Nobel Prize winner died 12 days after a military coup replaced the socialist president Salvador Allende with General Augusto Pinochet

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[ponyboy]

this was not a headline i expected.

[ultrasushi]

Exhumations creep me out so much. Anything else related to death/dead bodies is fine, but "un-burying" someone? For some reason it makes my skin crawl. Those kind of episodes of CSI always gave me nightmares.

[naomi_naomi]

I got to visit Isla Negra and his grave just a few months ago and while I was a fan of his work before it really opened my eyes to his role in Chilean history and politics. I know for certain I didn't learn anything about the coup or Pinochet in any history class, it's so frustrating and shameful.

[cellared]

hoooooly shit

[jettakd]

I really do hope that it was natural causes (I mean cancer is horrible, but murder is far worse).