Open Veins of Latin America
Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
by Eduardo Galeano

From the back cover:

First published in 1971, Eduardo Galeano's analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America presents a clear, passionate account of almost 500 years of Latin American history. Galeano shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the Latin American bourgeoisies and their subservience to foreign powers, and how they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America. Open Vein continues to speak to generations of people who want to understand capitalism and exploitation in Latin America, and in the rest of the world.


"He has more first-hand knowledge of Latin America than anybody else I can think of, and he uses it to tell the world of the dreams and disillusions, the hopes and the failures of its people. He is an adventurer with a talent for writing, a compassionate heart, and a soft sense of humor...Galeano denounces exploitation with uncompromising ferocity, yet this book is almost poetic in its description of solidarity and human capacity for survival in athe midst of the worst kind of despoliation."

Open Veins of Latin America
Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
by Eduardo Galeano

ISBN: 9780853459910
ISBN-10: 0853459916
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Publication Date: 1997
Format: Trade Paperback, 360 pages, 6" x 9"
Book Type: New