Gabby Barrera’s Reviews > Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent > Status Update
Gabby Barrera
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“The invaders came to redeem the Paraguayan people, and exterminated them. When the war began, Paraguay had almost as large a population as Argentina. Only 250,000, less than one-sixth, survived in 1870.”
— Aug 05, 2026 11:31PM
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Gabby Barrera
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“To justify the U.S. air force’s aerophoto excursions, the government had previously declared it lacked the resources for the job. Again par for the course in Latin America: its resources are always surrendered to imperialism in the name of its lack of resources.”
— Jul 29, 2026 11:33PM
Gabby Barrera
is 39% done
“The million dead in the revolutionary war years had paid blood tribute “to a Huitzilopoxtli more cruel and insatiable than the one our ancestors worshiped: the capitalist development of Mexico under conditions imposed by subordination to imperialism.”
— Jul 27, 2026 10:06PM
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“It would be strange if the remedy should come from the USA, the same place which brings us the disease”
— Jul 02, 2026 10:56PM