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[Peter R]

I expect the book will see an upsurge in sales: even I am curious to read it now. It seems like a Latin American version of "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" by Walter Rodney. The title of the book in question is "Open Veins of Latin America: Five centuries of Pillage of a Continent" by a Uruguayan journalist, Eduardo Galeano.

"The 1971 book documents how American and European commercial interests have dominated and afflicted LAtin America since the Spanish conquest" - Trinidad Express Sunday April 19.

[Don1]

I expect the book will see an upsurge in sales: even I am curious to read it now. It seems like a Latin American version of "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" by Walter Rodney. The title of the book in question is "Open Veins of Latin America: Five centuries of Pillage of a Continent" by a Uruguayan journalist, Eduardo Galeano.

"The 1971 book documents how American and European commercial interests have dominated and afflicted LAtin America since the Spanish conquest" - Trinidad Express Sunday April 19.

I well recall Rodney's How Europe Underdeveloped Africa and Eric William's Capitalism and Slavery.

Those were required reading in certain circles at JC in my day.

[Islandman]

They say it has gone way up on the search list on Amazon, so there should definately be a translation into sales.

[Gamma]

it went from #6,000+ to #11 within hours of the presentation.