It is not clear if Neruda died from cancer as his death certificate indicates. Most likely got killed by the regime because of his political affiliations.
This is just the left trying to rewrite history, and please don’t cite journalists as sources. It is said that journalists have a bast amount of information but an inch of depth on it.
Remember that assassinations in hospitals during this period were not uncommon. It is also suspected that former Chilean president Eduardo Frei Montalva was killed by the regime during a hospital stay.
Just concede the point. It is a known fact that the regime killed people for much less and Neruda had already provoked them enough by then.
Edit: found a link with a similar article in English: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41702706
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