Eduardo Galeano - As Veias Abertas da América Latina

It was in the sleepless nights of vibrant Montevideo in the 1970s that Eduardo Galeano wrote this “bible of Latin America”, a classic of anti-imperialism and an unfortunately current symbol of the fight against oppression.

Banned by South American dictatorships,  As Veias Abertas da América Latina (1971) is the relentless account of five centuries of plundering of a promising continent by Europe and the USA and an essential work on the exploitation of man by man. This remarkable counter-history of an exsanguinated continent, fusing chronicle and report, economic and social data, gives us back the gaze of the vanquished and traces the injustices and constant plundering carried out by foreigners, from the arrival of the first conquerors to the occupation by US multinationals. It has inspired and will continue to inspire generations of activists around the world.