Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Hughes Galeanowas an Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist considered, among other things, "global soccer's pre-eminent man of letters" and "a literary giant of the Latin American left"...
NationalityUruguayan
ProfessionMemoirist
Date of Birth3 September 1940
CityMontevideo, Uruguay
CountryUruguay
powerful world wealth
In this world of ours, a world of powerful centers and subjugated outposts, there is no wealth that must not be held in some suspicion.
soccer sports running
The fiesta of soccer, a feast for the legs that play and the eyes that watch, is much more than a big business run by overlords from Switzerland. The most popular sport in the world wants to serve the people who embrace it.
believe destiny men
There are those who believe destiny rests at the feet of the gods, but the truth is that it confronts the conscious of man with a burning challenge.
soccer sleep grandchildren
The ball laughs, radiant, in the air. He brings her down, puts her to sleep, showers her with compliments, dances with her, and seeing such things never before seen his admirers pity their unborn grandchildren who will never see them.
military war names
Most of wars or military coups or invasions are done in the name of democracy against democracy.
media hands trends
...because of forced globalization, there's a clear trend these days towards uniformity. This trend comes largely from the ever-greater concentration of power in the hands of large media groups.
information purpose torture
The purpose of torture is not getting information. It's spreading fear.
war world culture
The world is organised by the war economy and the war culture.
memories wind sailor
For sailors who love the wind, memory is a good port of departure.
crazy military world
The world is becoming an immense military base, and that base is becoming a mental hospital the size of the world. Inside the nuthouse, which ones are crazy?
desire
I have never killed anybody, it is true, but it is because I lacked the courage or the time, not because I lacked the desire
punishment crime unforgivable
Any open net was an unforgivable crime meriting immediate punishment, and [Di Stefano] carried out the sentence by stabbing at it like a mischievous elf.
wine who-we-are made
If the grape is made of wine, then perhaps we are the words that tell who we are
football secret world
There are visible and invisible dictators. The power structure of world football is monarchical. It's the most secret kingdom in the world.