Apr 2014
The Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano died of cancer in Montevideo on Monday. Photo: Fábio Rodrigues Pozzebom/Agência Brasil
The Uruguayan author and journalist Eduardo Galeano, one of Latin America’s leading anti-capitalist voices, has died of cancer at the age of 74 in Montevideo.
His death on Monday was confirmed by the weekly publication Brecha, where he was a contributor.
Galeano was best known for his 1971 book Open Veins of Latin America, which rocketed to the top of US bestseller lists after the Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez presented a copy to President Barack Obama in 2009.
Subtitled “Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent” the book argues that Latin America has been consistently impoverished in order to feed the prosperity of Europe and the US.
In his chronicle of centuries of economic exploitation, Galeano wrote: “The human murder by poverty in Latin America is secret. Every year, without making a sound, three Hiroshima bombs explode over communities that have become accustomed to suffering with clenched teeth.”
Read the full article on The Guardian website.
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