
A few days ago, Hugo Chavez was seen giving Obama a book. What was it? Some Communist manifesto? A rambling diatribe by El Presidente himself? No, it is
Las Veinas Abiertas de America Latina (
Open Veins In Latin America) by Eduardo Galeano. Given the recent publicity, the 38 year old book is now
#2 on Amazon.

Back in college, I read Galeano's
Memory of Fire. It was intense, personal, and raw. A few years ago, I read it again and realized that it was a part of a trilogy.
Faces & Masks and
Century of the Wind were almost as powerful as
Memory. I understand that I did not read Galeanos's actual words as I read the English versions.
I just ordered
Open Veins and look forward to reading it.
CKY
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