Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent, Translated by Cedric Belfrage (Monthly Review Press, New York and London, 1973).

Index

Abercromby, Sir Ralph, 192
Africa, 26, 39, 107, 110. See alsoSlave trade
Agrarian reform:
Artegas, Jose, 129-34;
Guatemala, 127-9;
Paraguay, 214;
Zapata, Emiliano, 134-40
Agricultural products, 71-148.See also specific names
Aguilar, Alonso, 140, 234
Alaman, Lucas, 48, 197-200
Allende, Salvador, 145, 159, 160
Alliance for Progress, 11, 15, 17,141,168,249,250,252
Altiplano, 58, 61
Aluminum, 149, 152, 160. Seealso Bauxite Aluminum Co. of America
(Alcoa), 152
Alvarado, Pedro de, 26, 28, 29
Amado, Jorge, 106
Amazonia. See Brazil American Coffee Corp., 110
American Cordage Trust, 136
American Smelting and Refining, 162
Anaconda (Wire and Cable), 159, 160, 161, 162
Anderson, Clayton and Co., 109, 110, 140
Angola, 66
Animal products, 11, 78, 80, 82, 191,192, 194, 195, 201
Antilles, 25, 39, 49, 74, 99
Arabs, 22, 28, 36
Arbenz Guzman, Jacobo, 127, 128
Arevalo, Juan Jose, 127
Argentina, 14, 43, 54, 59, 60, 73, 143-4, 207, 210, 226, 228, 246;
civil wars, 200-06;
foreign capital, 238-9;
petroleum, 151, 178;
textiles, 194-5;
wheat, 108
Artegas, Jose, 129, 131-4, 138, 202, 204-5, 235, 281
Atahualpa, 25, 28, 30, 57
Atlantic Oil Co., 177
Aztecs, 29, 30, 54, 55
Bagu, Sergio, 55, 92
Bahamas, 21
Balaguer, Joaquin, 90
Ball, George W., 15
Balmaceda, Jose Manuel, 157-8
Bananas, 107, 114, 120-4
Banking, international, 244-8, 249, 254-6. See also Loans
Barbados, 71, 72, 74, 77, 78, 95
Barbosa, Gen. Horta, 177
Bairoch, Paul, 142
Batista, Julgencio, 83, 88, 90, 151
Bauxite, 149, 151, 152. See also Aluminum
Beet sugar, 83
Belgium, 16
Bethlehem Steel Co., 69, 150, 169, 172
Birth control. See Family planning
Blacks, 39, 40, 41, 42, 49;
Brazil, 64;
cotton plantations, 108;
religion in Brazil, 99;
slave trade, 66, 68, 74, 91-5;
sugar plantations, 71, 73, 78, 79
Bolivar, Simon, 130, 273, 281
Bolivia, 17, 33, 43, 54, 57, 101, 207, 251;
agrarian reform, 145;
minerals, 151;
nitrates, 155-6;
petroleum, 179-81;
textiles, 194
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 78, 191
Bonaparte, Pauline, 79
Bosch, Juan, 91
Brazil, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24, 49, 54, 191, 207, 210, 226, 228, 235, 246;
African cults, 99;
agrarian reform, 143;
cacao, 105-7;
coffee, 110, 192, 261;
cotton, 107-10;
first Portuguese community, 26;
food costs, 76;
foreign capital, 236-8;
fruit plantations, 73;
gold, 61, 62, 68, 145, 152, 221;
Indians, 60, 61;
iron, 169-72;
petroleum, 177-8;
relations with England, 196;
rubber, 73, 100-03;
slavery, 99;
sugar, 72, 73, 74, 78;
textiles, 194;
U.S. control of minerals, 150-4, 169
Britain. See England
British Petroleum (Anglo-Iranian), 174
Cacao (chocolate), 42, 73, 92, 93, 104-7, 182
Calderon, Francisco Garcia, 103
Calvinism, 35
Campos, Roberto, 240, 246, 249
Canada, 108
Canary Islands, 71
Canning, George, 191
Capoche, Luis, 51, 52
Caracas (Venezuela), 73, 105
Carca Indians, 59
Cardenas, Lazaro, 139, 140, 175-6, 230, 231
Cardoso, Fernando Henrique, 233
Carpentier, Alejo, 79
Carranza, Venustiano, 137, 139
Castillo Armas, Col. Rodolfo, 127, 128
Castro, Fidel, 84, 87, 89, 255
Catholicism. See Roman Catholicism
Cattle, 78, 105
Ceylon, 102
Central America:
fruit plantations, 73, 114;
effects of world market on, 119-24. See also specific countries
Cepeda Samudio, Alvaro, 123
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 37
Charles II, 50, 93
Charles III, 58
Charles V, 34, 35, 36, 37, 92, 96
Charrvas Indians, 59-60
Chile, 13, 17, 43, 54, 196, 231;
agrarian reform, 145;
copper, 151, 156, 159-62, 192;
nitrates, 155-8;
relations with England, 197;
textiles, 194
China, 33
Chocolate. See Cacao
Chrome, 149, 152
CIA (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency), 151-2
Cigars, 194, 195
Coca (cocaine), 58-9, 166, 167
Cochin, Auguste, 91
Cochineal, 119
Coffee, 73, 77, 92, 93, 101;
Brazil, 110, 192, 261;
Ecuador, 107;
Germany, 119;
prices, 113-6;
Venezuela, 105, 182
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste, 34, 92
Colombia, 54, 60, 114, 231;
bananas and fruit, 112-3;
civil war, 116-8;
coffee, 110, 112, 114, 115-6, 118;
education, 119;
fruit plantations, 73;
light industry, 116;
petroleum, 176, 263
Columbus, Christopher, 21, 22, 23,24,25, 27, 59, 71
Columbus, Diego, 96
Common Market, 262
Copper, 11, 149;
Chile, 151, 156, 159-62, 192
Cortes, Hernan, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,29,53, 54,136
Costa Rica, 110;
bananas, 120, 122
Cotton, 73, 78, 92, 93, 107-10, 122, 124
Creole Oil Co., 185
Crowder, Gen. Enoch, 82
Cruz, Artemio, 134, 140
Cuba, 12, 26, 66;
African cults, 99;
changes in economy, 87-9;
coffee, 79;
education, 86;
electrical plants, 88;
fertilizer factories, 88;
imports, 88;
minerals, 85;
nickel, 151;
petroleum, 175;
revolution, 85, 89, 175, 245, 255;
slave revolts, 97-8;
sugar, 71, 72, 73, 77, 79-91, 192
Cuzco (Peru), 30, 31, 56, 58, 59
Davis, Arthur, 152
Diamonds, 66, 108, 145, 152;
Minas Gerais, 66-7, 68;
smuggling, 154
Diaz, Porfirio, 135, 136, 137
Disease, 28, 48, 58, 60, 61, 62, 66, 70, 75, 100, 103, 112, 141, 168
Dominican Republic, 71, 73, 77, 90, 96;
U.S. Marines, 90, 122
Dos Passos, John, 123
Dow Chemical, 235
Dulles, Allen, 86, 127-8
Dulles, John Foster, 128
Dumont, Rene, 25, 60, 76
Dutch. See Holland
Economic Mission for Latin America (ECLA). See United Nations
Ecuador, 17, 54, 114;
agrarian reform, 143;
bananas, 73, 124;
cacao, 107
Education:
Cuba, 86;
higher, 267-8
Eisenhower, Pies. Dwight D., 16, 127, 175
Eisenhower, Milton, 232
El Salvador, 16, 110, 112, 121, 125
Electric Bond and Share, 226
Elizabeth I, 37, 93
England, 16;
Brazilian gold, 67-70;
cacao, 107;
coffee, 119;
commerce with Latin America, 191-3;
cotton, 108;
exports, 37, 193;
industry, 72, 191-6;
loans to Latin America, 216-9;
Methuen Treaty, 67;
nitrates, 154-9;
population, 38;
protectionism, 219-24;
slave trade, 92-5;
sugar, 79-80;
textiles, 193;
tin, 164-5
Export-Import Bank (Eximbank), 248, 250
Family planning, 16, 153
Ferdinand (King of Aragon), 22,36
Ferreira Machado, Simao, 64
Fertilizer factories, 88
Fishery production, 87-8
Flores, Edmundo, 139
Ford Foundation, 15, 16
Fortune, 276
Fraginals, Manuel Moreno, 79
France, 14, 39, 72, 107, 151
Francia, Gaspar Rodriguez de,207
Francisco Sugar Co., 86
Franco, Francisco, 36
Free trade and protectionism,197-200, 219-24
Frei, Eduardo, 145
Fuentes, Carlos, 140
Fuentes, Miguel Ydigoras, 90
Furtado, Celso, 40, 68
Gold, 11, 21, 23, 24, 25, 29, 31, 39, 40, 49, 71, 108, 160;
Brazilian, 61, 62, 68, 145, 152;
Mexican exports, 47;
Minas Gerais, 63-9;
Nicaraguan, 59;
ransom, 30
Gomez, Juan Vicente, 184-5
Good Neighbor Policy, 124, 125
Goodyear, Charles, 101
Goulart, Joao, 232-3
Guadeloupe, 71, 77
Guanajuato (Mexico), 47-9, 71
Guano, 154-6, 191. See also Nitrates
Guarani Indians, 209
Guatemala, 17, 29, 90, 125, 226, 252;
bananas, 120, 122;
coffee, 110, 112;
cotton, 109;
Indians, 61;
violence, 127-9
Guevara, Che, 83, 91, 139, 151
Guinea, 96
Gulf Oil Co., 174,180,183,185
Guyana (British Guiana), 151-2
Gypsum, 152
Haiti, 12, 16, 23, 25, 71, 72, 77, 122;
coffee, 110, 112;
revolution, 78;
slave settlement, 96;
voodoo, 99
Hanna Mining Co., 69, 150, 170-2
Harvey, Robert, 156, 158
Hearst, William Randolph, 136
Hematite, 152
Henequen, 73, 135,136
Henry VIII, 37
Hernandez Martinez, Maximiliano,124, 216
Hildalgo, Miguel, 57, 131, 135
Hides, 191, 192, 201
Holland, 68, 97;
cacao, 107;
Guiana, 96;
industry, 72;
slaverevolts, 96-7;
slave trade, 68,74, 93
Holy Inquisition, 22, 35
Honduras, 120, 121, 122, 124
Huayna Capaj, 31, 32
Huerta, Gen. Victoriano, 137-8
Humboldt, Alexander von, 18, 42,47, 56, 193, 198
Incas, 25, 26, 27, 31, 54, 55-6
India, 39, 76, 109
Indians, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 48, 49-54, 112, 119, 120, 125;
alti-plano, 58, 61;
Aztec, 29, 30, 54, 55;
Brazilian forest, 60, 61;
Carca, 59;
Charruas, 59-60;
Guarani, 209;
Guatemala, 61;
Inca, 25, 26, 31, 54, 55-6;
massacre, 50, 59-60, 207;
Mayans, 27, 28, 54, 60, 62, 136;
Peru, 130;
Venezuela, 61;
Veracruz, 29;
Yaqui, 59, 60, 73, 136
Indigo, 105, 116,119
Indonesia, 39
Inter-American Committee for Agricultural Development, 109
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 168, 176,248,250
International Coffee Agreement, 114
International Monetary Fund, 18, 226, 229, 240-4
Internationa] Telephone and Telegraph (ITT), 226
Iron, 11, 69, 149, 150, 169-72
Isabella (Queen of Castile), 22, 26,36
Jagan, Cheddi, 151
Jamaica, 24, 71, 78, 95
James, William, 122
Japan, 16, 21
Jesuit missions, 209
Jewels. See Gems Jews, 22, 28, 36, 53
Johnson, Pres. Lyndon, 16, 90, 151, 171, 213, 249, 252
Kennecott Wire and Cable Co.,159, 161
Kennedy, Pres. John F., 247
Labor force, 269-72
Lane, Arthur Bliss, 125
Latin American Free Trade Area(LAFTA), 273-80
Lead, 151
Leclerc, General, 78-9
Leeward Islands, 77, 78
Lisboa, Antonio Francisco (Aleijadinho), 69-70
Loans, 248-9, 253, 255-7. Seealso Banking
Lopez, Carlos Antonio, 208, 210,211
Louis XIV, 92
Magellan, Ferdinand, 24, 26
Magnetite, 152
Malaria, 62, 100
Malaya, 102
Manganese, 149, 151, 169
Mariategui, Jose Carlos, 109, 155, 156
Marti, Jose, 82, 83
Marx, Karl, 38, 77, 198
Mayans, 27, 28, 54, 60, 62, 136
Mendez Montenegro, Julio Cesar, 126
Meat industry, 11, 78, 80, 82
Mercury, 43, 50, 52, 152
Mexico, 14, 23, 26, 47-9, 54, 57, 59, 131, 226, 228, 246;
cotton, 107, 109, 110;
foreign capital, 239-40;
petroleum, 175-6;
reform, 134;
sulphur, 151;
textiles, 193
Middle East, 173
Minas Gerais (Brazil), 63, 64, 68, 73, 150, 170, 171
Minerals. See specific names
Molybdenum, 161
Montezuma, 25, 27, 29
Montoneros, 200-06
Morelos, Jose Maria, 57,131
National City Bank, 122
National Sugar Refining Co., 90
Natural gas, 172
New York Times, The, 163
Nicaragua, 59, 109, 121, 124
Nickel, 87,149,151
Nieto Arteta, Luis Eduardo, 116,118
Niobium, 154
Nitrates, 13, 154-9, 191. See alsoGuano
Nixon, Pres. Richard M., 13, 15,249, 250
North, John Thomas, 156, 157,158
Oil. See Petroleum
Organization of American States(OAS), 13, 90-1, 127, 128,226, 249, 250, 251
Ouro Preto (Brazil), 62, 64-5,67,71
Pan-American Coffee Bureau, 112
Panama, 121, 122, 124
Paraguay, 16, 17, 54, 73, 133;
cotton, 108;
move for independence, 206-16;
petroleum, 179
Patifio, Antenor, 163, 164
Patifio, Simon Ituri, 163
Pearls, 21-2, 24
Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos), 176
Pepper, 22, 24
Peron, Juan Domingo, 144, 179, 230-1
Perpina y Pibernat, Juan, 98
Peru, 16, 31, 42, 43, 54, 57;
cotton, 109;
guano, 154-5;
Indians, 130;
minerals, 151;
nitrates, 154-9, 191;
petroleum, 151;
sugar, 71, 73;
textiles, 193-4
Petrobras, 177-8
Petroleum, 11, 13, 110, 172-87;
Argentina, 151, 178;
Bolivia, 179-81;
Brazil, 177-8;
Colombia, 176, 263;
Cuba, 175;
Mexico, 176-8;
Middle East, 173;
Paraguay, 179;
Peru, 151;
United States, 173-86, 235-6, 263;
Uruguay, 176-7;
Venezuela, 105, 151, 173, 178, 182-7
Philip II, 35, 37, 38, 49
Philip III, 50
Philip IV, 38, 50
Philippines, 33, 84
Pizarro, Francisco, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 46, 57
Plan de Ayala, 137, 138
Polo, Marco, 21-2
Portugal, 26, 39, 49, 68, 73, 97, 131, 147;
Methuen Treaty, 67;
slave trade, 91-2
Potosi (Bolivia), 25, 30-3, 58, 65, 68, 71, 155, 183;
coca, 59;
development, 30-3;
Indians, 50-1;
ruin of, 42-9
Protectionism and free trade, 197-200, 219-24
Protestantism, 35, 36
Puerto Rico, 71, 77, 84
Pyrochlor, 154
Quinine, 116
Railroads, 216-9
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 25
Reader's Digest, 119,126
Restrepo, Lleras, 113
Ribeiro, Darcy, 28, 55, 146
Rockefeller: Foundation, 16;
oilinterests, 175, 235
Rockefeller, Nelson, 175, 250
Rockefeller, Peggy, 253-4
Roman Catholicism, 22, 36, 41, 49;
in Brazil, 65, 99;
expansion in Spain, 67;
fees, 80;
land ownership, 42;
and Mayan religion, 62;
Potosi, 45-6
Roosevelt, Pres. Theodore, 121
Rosas, Juan Manuel de, 203-5,208, 210
Royal Dutch/Shell, 173, 175
Rubber, 13, 61, 73, 99, 100-4, 105
Salt, 22, 40
Saltpeter, 155
San Salvador, 23,109
Sandino, Augusto Cesar, 124-5
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), 71, 73, 77, 90, 96
Shell Oil Co., 173-4, 175-6, 177, 183, 185
Shipping, 282-3
Silver:
Amazonian, 152;
Andean altiplano, 25;
Bolivian, 25, 30-3, 42-6, 50-1, 56, 151, 155, 160;
German, 47;
Mexican, 25, 33, 47-8;
ransom, 30
Slave trade, 39;
Angola-Brazil, 66;
Dutch, 68, 74, 93;
English, 68, 92-5, 192;
French, 39;
Guinea-Brazil, 66;
sugar plantation, 91;
United States, 222
Slaves, 40, 42, 45, 49, 60, 64, 65, 66;
Central America, 121;
coffee plantations, 111;
cotton plantations, 108;
revolts, 96;
sugar plantations, 71, 73, 78, 79, 91
Solano Lopez, Francisco, 208, 211, 212, 213, 214
Somoza, Anastasio, 124, 125
Spain, 22, 25, 39, 131, 147;
education, 37;
foreign trade, 37-8;
industry, 37;
population, 38
Spices, 22, 24
Standard Oil of California, 174, 179
Standard Oil of New Jersey (Exxon), 151, 173-4, 175-6, 177, 179, 181, 183, 185
Standard Oil of New York (Mobil), 174
Stroessner, Gen. Alfredo, 213, 214, 215
Sugar, 13, 40, 124;
Brazil, 62, 64, 66, 67-8, 145;
Caribbean, 77-9;
Cuba, 79-91, 192;
development, 71-3;
islands, 77;
monoculture, 73-7;
slave trade, 91-5;
Venezuela, 105
Sulphur, 151
Taft, Pres. William H., 121
Tantalite, 152, 154
Taxes, 11, 173, 181, 185, 192, 261
Tenochtitlan, 29, 30, 55
Texaco Oil Co., 174,177, 183
Textiles, 191-4, 220, 258
Thorium, 152,154
Timber, 61, 62, 81