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Eduardo Galeano, renowned Uruguayan author passed away on 14.4.2015 at age 74. His most famous book, "Las venas abiertas de América Latina" (Open Veins of Latin America) was given to President Obama by the then Venezuela President Hugo Chavez at the 2009 Summit of the Americas in a mocking gesture.

Open Veins of Latin America, published in 1971, was a harsh critique of the exploitation of Latin America by European powers and the USA. Galeano was banned from Uruguay in the 1970's by the military dictatorship when he fled first to Argentina and later to Spain. He returned to his birthplace, Montevideo in 1985. In 2014 he recounted writing Open Veins saying he regretted some aspects of his writing as time has passed.

The above note was privately designed as a commemoration to Galeano.           GSE 14.3.2015