Latin American Cut Blood Vessels

Latin American Cut Blood Vessels

by (uruguay) Eduardo Galeano

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In 1971, inspired by the "dependency theory", Uruguayan journalist, writer and poet Eduardo Galeano published the world-shocking "The Cut Veins of Latin America" ​​in an attempt to dissect the diseased bodies of Latin America and explore the future of the continent. He used irrefutable and rich information and powerful and tragic writing to lay out the rugged fate of this continent since Columbus opened a new era of navigation, and wrote page after page of Latin American suffering history: gold and silver, cocoa, cotton, rubber, coffee, fruit, oil, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, tin... These "blood vessels" run through the entire Latin American continent and extend to the open end, where they flow into the treasure troves of Europe and the United States. In the past, colonialism barbarically plundered this land; while modern civilized institutions such as free trade, economic aid, joint ventures, and international organizations also used uncivilized means to participate in the ancient war of plunder. Latin America is a region with cut veins, and it is the history of Latin America's underdevelopment that constitutes the history of world capitalist development. This book attempts to uncover the truth about Latin America's centuries of loneliness, and also allows us to listen to the voices of the losers: those heroes who pursued Latin America's independence, prosperity, and their failed revolutions. This is a microcosm of the tragedy across Latin America. Just as the history revealed in the book was covered up and falsified by the authorities, the book was banned by right-wing Latin American governments shortly after its publication. However, it has been translated into dozens of languages ​​around the world and has been long regarded by a generation as a symbol of rebellion in Latin America. Its judgment bears the mark of the times, but its fate has been integrated into history.

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Stinky Doesn't Like Flowers4mo ago

It makes my blood boil. This world is so crazy and perverted. Those who can make a fortune are ruthless people. Those who are harvested are the ignorant and the powerless. Human beings don't need many things, but there are some scum among them, eating other people's flesh and blood, and making deals with the devil. Don't accept charity from others easily, because the price behind it is higher and higher. Tears.

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Jolly Li13mo ago

I have read them all so far. It has added to my knowledge of Latin American history, but it is not limited to knowledge, because this book was forged with the blood and lives of Latin America. How much more blood does history need to be watered? How many lives do we need to drive history forward? This is a question. Thank you Eduardo Galeano for this book. You wrote down these things so that they would not be covered up and forgotten.

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