Eduardo Galeano

Eduardo Hughes Galeano (3 September 1940 – 13 April 2015) was a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist. His best-known works are Las venas abiertas de América Latina (Open Veins of Latin America, 1971) and Memoria del fuego (Memory of Fire Trilogy, 1982–6).

Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Galeano in 2012
Born	Eduardo Germán María Hughes Galeano (1940-09-03)3 September 1940 Montevideo, Uruguay
Died	13 April 2015(2015-04-13) (aged 74) Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupation	Writer, journalist
Nationality	Uruguayan
Period	20th century
Spouse	Helena Villagra

Galeano died in Montevideo, Uruguay from lung cancer, aged 74."

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• Interview with Eduardo Galeano
• Sandra Cisneros reads "Los Nadies/The Nobodies" by Eduardo Galeano from Book of Embraces, El libro de los abrazos (1989) "[1] Archived 2006-02-19 at the Wayback Machine".
• "'Voices of Time': Legendary Uruguayan Writer Eduardo Galeano on Immigration, Latin America, Iraq, Writing – and Soccer Archived 2007-11-15 at the Wayback Machine," Democracy Now! 19 May 2006
• "Reflections from Eduardo Galeano Archived 2010-05-03 at the Wayback Machine," The Leonard Lopate Show, 19 May 2006.
• "Writer Without Borders Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine"—interview by Scott Widmer on In These Times
• "Author of the Month Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine," Escritores.org
• The Guardian: Chávez creates overnight bestseller with book gift to Obama
• Eduardo Galeano Interviewed by Jonah Raskin by Monthly Review, October 2009
• Uruguayan Author Eduardo Galeano Returns with Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone – video report by Democracy Now!
• Haiti Occupied Country Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine