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Znet Article Galeano: The Rope

Znet Article, August, 16 2002 Eduardo Galeano
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[Translated by Francisco González] ¿Do we really stir so much emotion in others? President Bush felt moved by the predicaments of Uruguay, even though there is no indication that he would be able find our country on a map. Could it be ...

Znet Article Galeano: The Machine

Znet Article, April, 27 2002 Eduardo Galeano
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 [Translated by Francisco González] Sigmund Freud had learned it from Jean-Martin Charcot: ideas can be implanted by hypnosis in the human mind. More than a century has gone by since then, and the technology of manipulation has made great...

Znet Article Galeano: Black Humor

Znet Article, March, 14 2002 Eduardo Galeano
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Joke # 1 Adding lead to gasoline was a little trick invented in the U.S. Back in the nineteen twenties, leaded gasoline became the norm in America and in the rest of the world. By the time the United States government banned it in 1986, it was kil...

Znet Article Galeano: Awards

Znet Article, February, 12 2002 Eduardo Galeano
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1. In spite of the terrorists who, with some regularity, are born in its sacred sands, Saudi Arabia is the main bastion of the Western world in the Middle East. It is a democratic monarchy: it sells every day--at low prices--one and a half millio...

Zmag Article Galeano: Dreams And Another Look At The Year 2000

Zmag Article, December, 01 1999 Eduardo Galeano
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Eduardo Galeano The new millennium is upon us. It’s not something to be taken all that seriously considering the fact that the year 2001 of the Christian era is the year 1379 of the Muslims, the year 5114 of the Mayans and the year 5762 o...

Znet Article Galeano: A Contradiction Called Uruguay

Znet Article, October, 22 1999 Eduardo Galeano
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translated by Francisco Gonzalez We Uruguayans have a certain tendency to believe that our country exists, but that the world remains unaware of it. The mass media--the media that has a worldwide impact--never mentions this tiny nation lost on th...

Znet Article Galeano: To be like them

Znet Article, May, 05 1991 Eduardo Galeano
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[Translated by Francisco González] Dreams and nightmares are made of the same stuff, but this particular nightmare claims to be the only dream we are allowed to have: a development model that scorns life and worships things. Can we be like them? ...

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