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US President Barack Obama shakes hands with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez during the 5th ‘Summit of the Americas’ in Port of Spain, Trinidad. A ‘Summit of the Americas’ bringing together Obama and Latin American leaders in Trinidad and Tobago is set to end on April 19 amid hopes that the United States and Cuba might be on their way to burying almost a half-century of hostility.
Sun., April 19, 2009
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A book by an Uruguayan journalist that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gave to President Barack Obama is now the No. 5 seller on Amazon.com.
It’s an astounding jump for “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent,” by Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano.
The paperback edition was ranked 54,295 on the online retailer before Chavez gave Obama a Spanish-language edition of the 1971 book on Saturday. It had jumped to No. 5 by Sunday.
The English hardcover edition is listed as out of print.
Galeano’s book documents how foreign interests have dominated and afflicted Latin America since the Spanish conquest. It’s a favorite among leftists.
–AP
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