We spend the rest of the hour with one of Latin America’s most acclaimed writers–Eduardo Galeano. His works — from the trilogy “Memory of Fire” to the classic “Open Veins of Latin America” are a ...

Eduardo Galeano, the journalist and author who was born in Uruguay and wrote powerfully about the plight of Latin American peoples, died Monday. The 74-year-old had cancer. Galeano’s major works ...

One of Latin America’s most acclaimed writers, Eduardo Galeano is out with the new book, “Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History.” Galeano’s classic “Open Veins of Latin America: Five ...

Eduardo Galeano, a Uruguayan writer and committed socialist whose historical works condemning European and U.S. exploitation of Latin America over five centuries made him a revered figure among ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (EFE) – Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano, whose book "The Open Veins of Latin America" is a classic of leftist literature, has died in Montevideo at age 74. The death on Monday was ...

Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano reads from his new book "Los hijos de los dias" (The sons of the days) at the Solis Theater in Montevideo on April 3, 2012. Galeano died in Montevideo on April 13, ...

Eduardo Galeano was one of Latin America’s most distinguished writers. These excerpts are taken from his final book, Hunter of Stories, translated by Mark Fried. Hunter of Stories retells tales from ...

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Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, the iconic Latin American leftist who chronicled the region's injustices in a career that spanned decades and crossed genres, has died at the age of 74. Galeano, ...

Galeano's 1971 book Open Veins of Latin America was a fierce critique of U.S. and European imperialism. It made him an enemy of the right-wing governments that ruled much of Latin America at the time.