Uruguyan Author Eduardo Galeano Returns With "Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone."

Hugo Chavez later told reporters: “This book is a monument in our Latin American history. It allows us to learn history, and we have to build on this history.”

Since its publication in 1971, The Open Veins of Latin America has sold over a million copies worldwide despite being banned in the 1970s by military governments in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.

In 1973, a military junta came to power in Uruguay forcing Eduardo Galeano into exile. He lived in Argentina and then Spain until 1984 when he returned to Uruguay. While in exile, he began writing his classic trilogy “Memory of Fire” which rewrites five centuries of North and South American history.

The writer John Berger said of Galeano: “To publish Eduardo Galeano is to publish the enemy: the enemy of lies, indifference, above all of forgetfulness. Thanks to him, our crimes will be remembered. His tenderness is devastating, his truthfulness furious.”

Eduardo Galeano’s latest book is titled “Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone.” He joins us today in the Firehouse studio.

Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan writer and journalist. He is one of the most celebrated writers in Latin America. He is author of many books including “Open Veins of Latin America” and the trilogy “Memory of Fire.” His latest book is titled “Mirrors: Stories of
Almost Everyone.”