Camilo Escalona Medina, the general secretary of the Chilean Socialist Party (PS) and former Senate president, died at the age of 71 at the Indisa Clinic in Providencia. ^[1] Camilo Escalona Medina died at approximately 20:00 hours at the Indisa Clinic in Santiago, where he had been hospitalized for three weeks due to cancer. ^[2] The Chilean Socialist Party (PS) expressed deep sorrow and consternation regarding the death of its secretary general, Camilo Escalona Medina, on September 5, 2026. ^[3] Escalona had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2024 and died after remaining in an induced coma as part of his medical treatment. ^[4] His daughter, Natalia, confirmed the death officially outside the venue, noting that he passed away despite his resilience against the illness. ^[5] Escalona joined the Socialist Youth at age 13 in 1969, went into exile after the 1973 coup, and returned clandestinely to Chile in 1983. ^[6] The party described Escalona as a historical leader of Chilean socialism and a protagonist of a fundamental part of the country's political history. ^[7] Natalia Escalona described her father as an irreducible democrat, a socialist, a loving friend, a fighter, a just leader, and a man of deep convictions. ^[8]