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Open Veins of Latin America Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent

Eduardo Galeano

The classic survey of Latin America's social and cultural history, with a new introduction by Isabel Allende Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and...

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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

It was described as a call to action to correct the erasure of Latin history and to present a more balanced view of Latin people's role in American history.

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I think I was trying to even the playing field for Latin people.

— Episode: John Leguizamo

Episode: John Leguizamo

It was described as a call to action to correct the erasure of Latin history and to present a more balanced view of Latin people's role in American history.

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I think I was trying to even the playing field for Latin people.

I had to make right what America the psychosocial erasure that we Latin people have experienced in this country for 500 years.

And I had to get that information out there.

And all of a sudden, Latin kids are coming up to me who are 19 and 20 because I was so angry I didn't know what to do with it but now at your show I know I can use information and books on my weapons.

And I was like yes, yes, that's got to be a good feeling. Oh my God, it's a great feeling, man. It's a great feeling.

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