“Cuba,” he said in his resounding defense plea, “continues to be a producer of raw materials. We exhort sugar to import candy, we export hides to import shoes, we export iron to import plows.” — Eduardo Hughes Galeano Copy Share Image
“The Revolution is indeed living thorough the hard times of transition and sacrifice. The Cubans themselves have learned that socialism is built with clenched… — Eduardo Hughes Galeano Copy Share Image
“Here," an old sugar worker told me, "the people have a great love for martyrs--but only after they're dead. Before, there's nothing but complaints.” — Eduardo Hughes Galeano Copy Share Image
“Cuba,” he said in his resounding defense plea, “continues to be a producer of raw materials. We exhort sugar to import candy, we export… — Eduardo Hughes Galeano Copy Share Image
“The world,' he revealed, 'is a heap of people, a sea of tiny flames.' Each person shines with his or her own light. No… — Eduardo Hughes Galeano Copy Share Image
“The dreams were off on a trip. Helena went as far as the train station with them. She bade them farewell from the platform,… — Eduardo Hughes Galeano Copy Share Image
“For sailors with a desire for wind, memory is a good port of departure.” — Eduardo Hughes Galeano Copy Share Image
“If thats how it was done, and thats how it had always been done, there had to be a reason” — Eduardo Hughes Galeano Copy Share Image
“Grown on a grand scale, sugar spreads its blight on a grand scale and today unemployment and poverty are these islands' permanent guests.” — Eduardo Hughes Galeano Copy Share Image
“In our day, this global offensive plays a well-defines role. Its aim is to justify te very unequal income distribution between countries and social… — Eduardo Hughes Galeano Copy Share Image
“Latin America is the region of open veins. Everything from the discovery until our times, has always been transmuted into European--or later--United States-- capital,… — Eduardo Hughes Galeano Copy Share Image
