“The author shows that there is no wealth that is innocent and formulates the great paradox of his continent: ‘We Latin Americans are poor because the ground we walk on is rich.'” (blurb)
Eduardo Galeano 1973: The Open Veins of Latin America. The story of a continent. Wuppertal: Peter Hammer
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