The story goes that every four years, the great Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano hung a sign on his door that said “Closed for Soccer,” and didn’t emerge for a month—a month he spent watching the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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