![]() ![]() ![]() It is not merely an account of society and culture, the author undertakes a detailed analysis of the economics and politics of different Latin American countries. It is a collection of facts and incidents, narrated in a tone underlined with sadness and anger. Yet the book is not only based on sentimentalism. Galeano recounts an endless succession of exploitative practices that the settlers launched upon the native people and their land. Open Veins is an analysis of the historical events that have taken place in the continent of Latin America since the time settlers from European nations first arrived. Even though it was written forty years ago the book continues to be relevant today. Galeano has managed quite a feat in compressing five centuries of history without losing any of its force. A more detailed and thorough account of Latin American history, a history of exploitation, violence and poverty, would be hard to find. It is easily one of the most powerful books ever written. Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent is Eduardo Galeano’s first and best known work. ![]()
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