Thank you very much for that lovely introduction. I suspect all of you know this but ladies and gentlemen, tonight you will be in the presence of a literary giant. Among latin american giants, Gabriel Marquez is known for mesmerizing, others educate, and captivate, and then there is Eduardo Galeano. Truth teller, galvanize her, firebrand, a writer who tells us about history, that those who inhabit the corridors of power dont want us to know more truly understand. Eduardo galeano was born a commentator, it seems. By the time he was 14 he was publishing cartoons in newspapers. By 20 he was the editor of the leftwing weekly newsletter, he became the Top Executive of a paper of record. In 1971 at the tender age of 31 he published day hair raising indictment of north american influence on the hemisphere. The open veins of latin america. Four years ago at the summit of the americas, hugo chavez hand and a copy of that book to barack obama. [applause] auld let ease with which he stepped into
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