Open Veins of Latin America - Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent

Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina - The Open Veins of Latin America An English translation of Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina, packaged together with the original en Espanol. The book that Hugo Chavez gave to Barack seems to be flying off the shelves. Saturday it went from an obscure 4xxx something to No. 7 at Amazon. By Sunday it was at No. 2... Lately, folks may not have the extra $35.00 to indulge their intellectual curiosity, and while I do not wish to detract from the impressive sales figures, I happened to find a copy on the intertubes this morning. If it's OK with the mods, I thought I'd share it with same. Open Veins of Latin America - Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano (Jan 1, 1997) English translation: http://www.scribd.com/doc/14448739/Open-Veins-of-Latin-America-Five-Centuries-of-the-Pillage-of-a-Continent-by-Eduardo-Galeano-Jan-1-1997 Original, en Espanol packaged WITH the English translation: Of course, electronic media are a poor substitute for the real thing, so I suggest buying it if it piques your interest: http://www.google.com/search?q=Las+Venas+Abiertas+de+America+Latina+site%3Aamazon.com I do not yet have an opinion of this book, as I just got it. Perhaps we could open a discussion thread...

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stuart0305 (2009-04-21)

thnaks

pilatuspilot (2009-04-22)

Thanks for the share.
I was hoping there was a copy online someplace to send to someone who saw the news about & has the duckets to put out for it way down there in the western subs of Sydney NSW.
This is a fascinating book, of course slanted, but what book (or any media, whether film, song, speech, for that matter) is not?
Old newspaper journalists say "there's 2 sides to every story, and most times 3 or more".
Always good to get another side of that sad situation south of da border when it comes to how european greed has done little but rape it and its original folk, just like they've done to every other portion of the globe their greasy dirty hands have wrestled, by hook or crook, from the indigenous peops (who, truth be told, did the same to one another).
To the victor goes the spoils. Practically no settled places on this globe where some group didn't kick the original settlers out, either by blood or some trickery.
But few USAmericans know anything about what happened in South & Central Amer., except through regurgitated propaganda by one side.
This is just another side to that story and should be read, amongst a few choice others, by those who want to think their own thoughts on that matter.
Excellent to have the Spanish version, as well, because translations don't allow the writer's true emotional sense to come through; just the translator's perception thereof. [Reference the Italian phrase, "traduttore e tradittore" (the translator is a traitor)
Muchas gracias, mi amigo.

ResistNWO (2011-08-24)

la introduccion es fenomenal. no se que decir, gracias