“Where the People Voted Against Fear”
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Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Germán María Hughes Galeano was a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist considered, among other things, "a literary giant of the Latin American left" and "global soccer's pre-eminent man of letters".
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culture · Uruguayan writer and journalist (1940–2015) · poet · writer · journalist · essayist · also Eduardo Galeano, Eduardo Hughes, Eduardo Germán María Hughes Galeano, Eduardo German M aria Hughes Galeano, Eduardo Hughes Galeano, Galeano
Born 3 September 1940 · Died 13 April 2015 · Q44575
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2015· 12 entries
SFGate: Eduardo Galeano, a writer whose vision embraced the globe
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Democracy Now: Remembering Eduardo Galeano, Champion of Social Justice & Chronicler of Latin America’s Open Veins
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Fox News: Author Eduardo Galeano, a leading voice of Latin America left, dies
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Died 2015-04-13.
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SFGate: Author Eduardo Galeano, a top voice of Latin American left, dies
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“As the owners of heaven forbade chocolate to mortals, so the owners of earth forbade it to commoners.”
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“The results of civilization were surprising: our lives became more secure but less free, and we worked a lot harder..”
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“He discovered or described hundreds of afflictions and cures, and by testing remedies he concluded “Laughter is the best medicine”
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“Open Veins’ tried to be a book of political economy, but I didn’t yet have the necessary training or preparation”
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“E, pela primeira vez, em tantos anos, o velho contou sua história. - Estes dentes não caíram sozinhos. Foram arrancados à força. Esta cicatriz que marca meu rosto não vem de um acidente. Os pulmões... a perna... Quebrei a perna quando escapei da prisão ao saltar um muro alto. Há outras marcas mais, que você não pode ver. Marcas visíveis no corpo e outras que ninguém pode ver.”
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“Assovia o vento dentro de mim. Estou despido. Dono de nada, dono de ninguém, nem mesmo dono de minhas certezas, sou minha cara contra o vento, a contravento, e sou o vento que bate em minha cara.”
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“Frase inicial do discurso de abertura na conferência de intelectuais no Chile durante o governo de Allende.”
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2014· 1 entry
Won Medalla Delmira Agustini (2014).
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2013· 1 entry
Democracy Now: Eduardo Galeano on Writing, “Historical Amnesia” in Latin America & His Fight Against Cancer
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded José María Arguedas Prize for Mirrors (2011).
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Award for Sports Journalism (2010).
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Awarded Stig Dagerman Prize (2010).
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2008· 1 entry
“The White House will be Barack Obama”
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2006· 1 entry
“What process of change can move a people that does not know who it is, nor where it came from? If it doesn”
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2005· 1 entry
Galeano along with other left-wing intellectuals such as Tariq Ali and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel joined the network's 36 member advisory committee
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize (1999).
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded American Book Awards (1989).
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1976· 1 entry
Married for the third time to Helena Villagra; however, in the same year, the Videla regime took power in Argentina in a bloody military coup and his name was added to the list of those condemned by the death squads
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1973· 2 entries
After the military coup of Augusto Pinochet, called Open Veins of Latin America "a mixture of meticulous detail, political conviction, poetic flair, and good storytelling
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A military coup took power in Uruguay; Galeano was imprisoned and later was forced to flee, going into exile in Argentina where he founded the magazine Crisis
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1959· 1 entry
Married his first wife, Silvia Brando, and in 1962, having divorced, he remarried to Graciela Berro
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1940· 1 entry
Born 1940-09-03.
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