Eduardo Galeano
Originally Published 1971
This book was given to Barack Obama by Hugo Chavez.
It's left-of-center, but much more centrist than I would have expected to see on Chavez' reading list.
It's actually been a while since I finished reading this, but I've been so busy with other stuff, I haven't managed to write about it.
It's really heartbreaking.
Galeano wrote it in about 3 months, but apparently it took him several years to gather and compile the information he needed to write the book.
Galeano chronicles the historic exploitation of the South American continent. He details the ways in which the natural resources have enriched other nations while impoverishing the native people.
It's an economic and political study of one of the most influential and misunderstood continents on this pale blue dot we call Earth. And it's just a damn shame.
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