September 21, 2009 - Posted by Tyler Lewis
"Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent" by Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano is an essay that chronicles the history of Latin America from the time Europeans landed in the Americas. When it was published in 1973, the book was banned in many countries like Argentina and Galeano's own Uruguay for its honest depiction of European and U.S. economic dominance in Latin America.
It is now considered a classic that has set a new standard for Latin American history and scholarship.
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