Uruguayan singer Daniel Viglietti (L) and writer Eduardo Galeano (R) carry the coffin of poet Mario Benedetti outside the congress building before making their way to Montevieo's Central cemetery May 19, 2009. Benedetti died on Sunday, aged 88.

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Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano (R) shows his title of Honoris Causa from Veracruzana University alongside the university rector, Raul Arias, in Jalapa, Mexico, on March 26, 2009.

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Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano speaks during an interview with the AFP at the Sheraton Hotel in Mexico City, on April 3, 2009. Galeano is in Mexico for the release of his new book called "Dreams".

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Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano speaks during an interview with the AFP at the Sheraton Hotel in Mexico City, on April 3, 2009. Galeano is in Mexico for the release of his new book called "Dreams".

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Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, left, embraces Argentine Nobel Prized Adolfo Perez Esquivel during a demonstration against the 1986 law which prevents members of the military to be judged for crimes committed during Uruguay's 1973-1984 dictatorship in Montevideo, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.

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MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 30: (L to R) Singer Annie Lennox, actress Julia Ormond, writer Eduardo Galeano, singer Barbara Hendricks and actress Claudia Cardinale attend 'Save the Children' cremony awards at Círculo de Bellas Artes on September 30, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.

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MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 30: ( L to R) Singer Annie Lennox, writer Eduardo Galeano, actress Claudia Cardinale, singer Barbara Hendricks and actress Julia Ormond attend 'Save the Children' cremony awards at Círculo de Bellas Artes on September 30, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.

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MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 30: ( L to R) Singer Annie Lennox, writer Eduardo Galeano, actress Claudia Cardinale, singer Barbara Hendricks and actress Julia Ormond attend 'Save the Children' cremony awards at Círculo de Bellas Artes on September 30, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.

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MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 30: ( L to R) Singer Annie Lennox, writer Eduardo Galeano, actress Claudia Cardinale, singer Barbara Hendricks and actress Julia Ormond attend 'Save the Children' cremony awards at Círculo de Bellas Artes on September 30, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.

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MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 30: ( L to R) Singer Annie Lennox, writer Eduardo Galeano, actress Claudia Cardinale, singer Barbara Hendricks and actress Julia Ormond attend 'Save the Children' cremony awards at Círculo de Bellas Artes on September 30, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.

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A young woman glances through a used 1971 edition of Eduardo Galeano's "The Open Veins of Latin America", on April 21, 2009 in a second-hand library in Montevideo.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) gives U.S. President Barack Obama a copy of "Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina" during a meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 2009.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) gives U.S. President Barack Obama a copy of "Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina" by author Eduardo Galeano during a meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 2009.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gives U.S. President Barack Obama a copy of "Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina" by author Eduardo Galeano during a meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 2009.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) gives U.S. President Barack Obama a copy of "Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina" by author Eduardo Galeano during a meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 2009.

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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez looks from a window at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain, Trinidad on April 18, 2009.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) gives U.S. President Barack Obama a copy of "Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina" by author Eduardo Galeano during a meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 2009.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) gives U.S. President Barack Obama a copy of "Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina" by author Eduardo Galeano during a meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 2009.

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) gives a book, 'The Open Veins of Latin America' of Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano to US President Barack Obama (L) during a multilateral meeting to begin during the Summit of the Americas at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 20...

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) gives a book, 'The Open Veins of Latin America' of Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano to US President Barack Obama (L) during a multilateral meeting to begin during the Summit of the Americas at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 20...

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) gives a book, 'The Open Viens of Latin America' of Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano to US President Barack Obama (L) during a multilateral meeting to begin during the Summit of the Americas at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 20...

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) gives a book, 'The Open Viens of Latin America' of Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano to US President Barack Obama (L) during a multilateral meeting to begin during the Summit of the Americas at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 20...

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) gives a book, 'The Open Viens of Latin America' of Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano to US President Barack Obama (L) during a multilateral meeting to begin during the Summit of the Americas at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 20...

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) gives a book, 'The Open Viens of Latin America' of Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano to US President Barack Obama (L) during a multilateral meeting to begin during the Summit of the Americas at the Hyatt Regency in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 20...

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Handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency press office showing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) giving the book 'The Open Viens of Latin America', of Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, to US President Barack Obama in a multilateral meeting during the 5th Summit of the Ame...