@4 His house at Isla Negra is even more lovely in my opinion. & he also had a lovely place in Santiago with a pair of giant shoes next to the mini-bar: http://bit.ly/sBcAsL
I don’t think Neruda was poisoned. He was suffering from Prostate cancer for some time before he died. If Pinochet and the Chilean Army wanted to kill Neruda, it would had been easier to locked him, deprived him of his medicine, and his medical team treating him. They could also took him to places like Villa Grimaldi or Estadio Nacional.
Pinochet and his Junta were definitely thinking of banning Neruda’s works in Chile, but as a communist or not, Neruda was too popular to have his works banned.
Another reason why I don’t think Neruda was poisoned by the coup plotters, is that his funeral was pretty much the first use of the opposition to the coup to protest their outrage, even though his funeral was heavily curtailed by the Chilean military in Santiago. It would had been easier for coup plotters and military to hold Neruda until he died and then bargained with Matilde Urrutia for Neruda’s body for a very private burial...
If there is poison found, I would be surprise, but not shock. The regime tortured and broke the hands of Victor Jara before they murdered him.
que viven en el mar,
que suenan en el mar,
dentro del mar.
Por eso vivo aquÃ.
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I do so hope the results are negative. There's enough horror and tragedy from that time for one country to bear without this.
De ti alzaron las alas los pájaros del canto.
Todo te lo tragaste, como la lejanÃa.
Como el mar, como el tiempo. ¡Todo en ti fue naufragio!
@4 His house at Isla Negra is even more lovely in my opinion. & he also had a lovely place in Santiago with a pair of giant shoes next to the mini-bar: http://bit.ly/sBcAsL
Pinochet and his Junta were definitely thinking of banning Neruda’s works in Chile, but as a communist or not, Neruda was too popular to have his works banned.
Another reason why I don’t think Neruda was poisoned by the coup plotters, is that his funeral was pretty much the first use of the opposition to the coup to protest their outrage, even though his funeral was heavily curtailed by the Chilean military in Santiago. It would had been easier for coup plotters and military to hold Neruda until he died and then bargained with Matilde Urrutia for Neruda’s body for a very private burial...
If there is poison found, I would be surprise, but not shock. The regime tortured and broke the hands of Victor Jara before they murdered him.