Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Review This book is a monument in our Latin American history. It allows us to learn history, and we have to build on this historyI cannot recommend this book highly enough. Galeano's vision is unswerving, surgical and yet immensely generous and humane ... Eduardo Galeano ought to be a household nameHe has more first-hand knowledge of Latin America than anybody else I can think of, and uses it to tell the world of the dreams and disillusions, the hopes and failures of its people... Galeano denounces exploitation with uncompromising ferocity, yet this book is almost poetic in its description of solidarity and human capacity for survival in the midst of the worst kind of despoilationRemains pertinent nearly 40 years on... Impassioned and lucid, Galeano is a knowledgeable guide through a shameful history of foreign exploitation... If he needs a primer on his southern neighbours, Obama could do worse than studying Chavez's presentA valuable study 				    	 					 Book Description The book Chavez gave Obama... the ensuing media frenzy... the hottest book written about the coolest continent 				    	 					              See all Product description