For 10points, name this polemical history of Latin America by the recently-deceased Uruguayan journalist EduardoGaleano.
One section of this work discusses a sculptor who became fingerless from leprosy after completing theTwelve Prophets, which this book responds to by saying there was "no longer any glory in prophesying."This book notes that there seems to be "little universality in scientific universals," and discusses theinvention of patents by Francis Bacon, in a section that claims that the "goddess technology" doesn't speak acertain language. The final paragraph of this book notes that a certain region is experiencing the "vicioussenility," rather than the "primitive infancy" of capitalism, and the introductory section to this bookdiscusses its title (*) "120 Million Children in the Eye of the Hurricane." The author of this book was forcedinto exile after Juan Maria Bordaberry imposed the rule of a junta in order to crush the Tupamaro movement.At a 2009 conference, this historical work was famously gifted to Barack Obama by Hugo Chavez. For 10points, name this polemical history of Latin America by the recently-deceased Uruguayan journalist EduardoGaleano.
One section of this work discusses a sculptor who became fingerless from leprosy after completing theTwelve Prophets, which this book responds to by saying there was "no longer any glory in prophesying."This book notes that there seems to be "little universality in scientific universals," and discusses theinvention of patents by Francis Bacon, in a section that claims that the "goddess technology" doesn't speak acertain language.
Open Veins of Latin America [or Las Venas Abiertas de AmÃ©rica Latina]