We live in a world where the funeral matters more than the … - Eduardo Galeano

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We live in a world where the funeral matters more than the dead, the wedding more than love and the physical rather than the intellect. We live in the container culture, which despises the content.

Eduardo Galeano

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About Eduardo Galeano

Eduardo Hughes Galeano (September 3, 1940 - April 13, 2015 ) was an Uruguayan journalist, best known for his works Memoria del fuego (Memory of Fire Trilogy, 1986) and Las venas abiertas de América Latina (Open Veins of Latin America, 1971) which have been translated into twenty languages and transcend orthodox genres: combining fiction, journalism, political analysis, and history.

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Alternative Names: Eduardo Hughes • Eduardo Germán María Hughes Galeano • Eduardo German M aria Hughes Galeano • Eduardo Hughes Galeano

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