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Saturday: Hugo Chavez gives Barack Obama a copy of Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina (The Open Veins of Latin America) by author Eduardo Galeano during a meeting at the Summit of the Americas (Reuters).
Book Given to Obama by Chavez Flies Up Amazon Rankings
"Open Veins of Latin America," a favorite of leftists, is flying off the shelves since the Venezuelan leader presented a copy to the U.S. president this weekend.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- 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.