Open Veins of Latin America

By Eduardo Galeano.

President Chavez gives a copy of "The Open Veins of Latin America" by Eduardo Galeano to U.S. President Barack Obama in 2009. The book is considered one of the foremost works on how imperialism has shaped the Latin American reality.

“The Latin American cause is about all a social cause: the rebirth of Latin America must start with the overthrow of its masters, country by country. We are entering times of rebellion and change. There are those who believe that destiny rests on the knees of the gods; but the truth is that it confronts the conscience of man with a burning challenge.” 
― Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent

Some other Opinions about this book:

"To publish Eduardo Galeano is to publish the enemy: the enemy of lies, indifference, above all of forgetfulness. Thanks to him our crimes will be remembered. His tenderness is devastating, his truthfulness, furious."

—John Berger

"This book is a monument in our Latin American history. It allows us to learn history, and we have to build on this history."

—Hugo Chávez, as reported by the BBC

"A superbly written, excellently translated, and powerfully persuasive expose which all students of Latin American and U.S. history must read."

—Choice, American Library Association

"I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Galeano’s vision is unswerving, surgical and yet immensely generous and humane. This book, written more than thirty years ago, contains profound lessons for contemporary India. Eduardo Galeano ought to be a household name in this country."

—Arundhati Roy

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