Eduardo Galeano was a Uruguayan journalist and writer whose works artfully blend fiction, journalism, political analysis, and history. He was driven by an obsession with remembering the past of America, particularly Latin America, which he described as a land condemned to amnesia. His writing style is both poetic and political, often exploring themes of injustice and human resilience. Galeano's narratives compel readers to reflect on history and uncover truth within forgotten stories.
The personal testimoney of a contemporary political writer. In this journal, the author records the lves of strugegels of the Latin American people under two decades of unimaginable violence and repression. This book alternates between reportage, personal vignettes, interviews and travelogues. schovat popis
In a series of mock lesson plans and a "program of study" Galeano provides an eloquent, passionate, funny and shocking exposé of First World privileges and assumptions. From a master class in "The Impunity of Power" to a seminar on "The Sacred Car"—with tips along the way on "How to Resist Useless Vices" and a declaration of the "The Right to Rave"—he surveys a world unevenly divided between abundance and deprivation, carnival and torture, power and helplessness. We have accepted a "reality" we should reject, he writes, one where poverty kills, people are hungry, machines are more precious than humans, and children work from dark to dark. In the North, we are fed on a diet of artificial need and all made the same by things we own; the South is the galley slave enabling our greed.
Parable, paradox, anecdote, dream, and autobiography blend into an exuberant world view and affirmation of human possibility.
[In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of ... Latin American history. [The author] shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the Latin American bourgeoisies and their subservience to foreign powers, and how they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America.-Back cover
Discussing everything from the leveling of the Twin Towers to the death of the sole survivor of that extraordinary match between British and German soldiers in 1915, one of South America’s greatest commentators issues forth on robotic soccer in Japan, the mass-production of the game as a sign of the decline of civilization, the amazing success of Senegal and Turkey, and how Nike beat Adidas.
From a Brazilian mine where 50,000 mud-covered men haul heavy bags of dirt up and down slippery ladders in search of a stray nugget of gold, to a former lake in western Africa now swallowed by the encroaching desert, where emaciated, starving people walk over its surface of sand, photographer Sebastião Salgado explores the live of the planet's often ignored people with a critical eye and an empathetic heart.
Este libro aborda temas de ciencia política y relaciones internacionales, explorando conceptos generales y teorías relevantes en el campo. Ofrece un análisis profundo de las dinámicas globales y las interacciones entre naciones, ideal para estudiantes y profesionales interesados en entender el panorama internacional.
"En 1967, un jovencísimo Eduardo Galeano emprendió un viaje que marcaría su carrera como periodista y su sensibilidad política para siempre: pasó varios meses en Guatemala con el objetivo de entrevistar a los líderes de los dos grupos guerrilleros -las FAR y el MR 13- que desafiaban a la elite político-militar en el poder desde 1954, cuando el derrocamiento del presidente Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán había transparentado de manera inequívoca y brutal el intervencionismo estadounidense en América Latina. Este libro, publicado hace más de cincuenta años, es el relato de aquella experiencia, una crónica periodística fascinante que anticipa el estilo que luego consagraría a Galeano, y a la vez un riguroso análisis político internacional que, en conjunto, subrayan la idea central del autor: Guatemala fue en aquellos años de Guerra Fría el laboratorio de la barbarie y la violencia que en la década del setenta se extendería por todo el continente. La edición que presentamos -enriquecida con textos de especialistas que reponen aquel contexto político y su lugar en la obra de Galeano- permite acompañar al autor mientras comparte las condiciones de vida y riesgos de los guerrilleros y así regresar a un tiempo en el que era posible pensar la revolución como una salida. Mientras tanto, el lector contemporáneo puede encontrar en ese entonces ecos de las turbulencias e inestabilidad política que hoy se empeñan en regresar a nuestra región." (ed.)
