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拉丁美洲被切开的血管
(uruguay) Eduardo Galeano
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.
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.