Monthly Review Press
New York and London
1973
Originally published as Las venas abiertas de America Latina by Siglo XXI Editores, Mexico, 1971.
Galeano, Eduardo H. (1940-)
"We have maintained a silence closely resembling stupidity."
-- From the Revolutionary Proclamation of the Junta Tuitiva, La Paz, July 16, 1809.
Acknowledgment This book would not have been possible without the collaboration, in one form or another, of Sergio Bagu, Luis Carlos Benvenuto, Fernando Carmona, Adicea Castillo, Alberto Couriel, Andre Gunder Frank, Rogelio Garcia Lupo, Miguel Labarca, Carlos Lessa, Samuel Lichtensztejn, Juan A. Oddone, Adolfo Perelman, Artur Poerner, Carlos Quijano, German Rama, Darcy Ribeiro, Orlando Rojas, Julio Rossiello, Paulo Schilling, Karl-Heinz Stanzick, Vivian Trias, and Daniel Vidart. To them, and to the many friends who have encouraged me in the task of these recent years, I dedicate the result, of which they are of course innocent.
Montevideo, 1970