Paradoxes and Misnomers

Eduardo Galeano points out history’s paradoxes and misnomers

Eduardo Galeano’s Earth Day Exclusive

Nature knows full well that even the best human laws treat her as a piece of property, never as a holder of rights. But the revindication of nature is under way in Latin America.

The Curse of Columbus

Eduardo Galeano interprets the curse of Columbus Day.

How Much Longer?

How much longer will the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier be allowed to justify the kidnapping of Palestinian sovereignty?

How much longer will the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers be allowed to justify the kidnapping of the entire nation of Lebanon?

The World Cup of Zidane

Perhaps Zidane’s act was a howl of impotence against the devastating success of dirty football, against the dishonesty, cowardice, and avarice of the football that globalization, the enemy of diversity, is forcing on us.

Eduardo Galeano: Evo in Paradise

Eduardo Galeano welcomes Evo back to Paradise.

Eduardo Galeano: Fables

Eduardo Galeano offers fables for the twenty-first century.