We Say No Chronicles 1963-1991

by Fried, Mark; Galeano, Eduardo

• ISBN13: 9780393308983
• ISBN10: 0393308987
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-07-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

It eloquently states the case that by saying no to a global system of greed, repression, and exploitation one says yes to the universal values of equality, freedom, and love. All of the thirty-four pieces that comprise this book affirm the elemental struggle of the forgotten and the dispossessed for simple human dignity. From vivid portraits of the "last emperor" Pu Yi, Pele, and Che Guevara to a defense of the political nature of the literary enterprise in Latin America to stinging critiques of the end-of-history thesis and the "celebrations" of Columbus's voyages of discovery (and conquest) to the genesis of Memory of Fire, the pieces in We Say No are united by Galeano's unique ability to blend stirring political commitment, a magical literary facility and a large historical imagination into a seamless web. The result is a volume indispensable to the growing legion of Galeano's American readers and to all concerned with the issues of peace and justice in the Americas and, indeed, in the entire post-Cold War world.

Table of Contents

Pele and His Retinue	p. 15
The Thrice-Born Emperor	p. 25
El Che Guevara: Cuba as Showcase or Spark	p. 33
Magical Death for a Magical Life	p. 45
Peron, the Sparrows, and Providence	p. 54
Guatemala in the Barrels of Guns	p. 64
Chronicle of Torture and Victory	p. 77
God and the Devil in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro	p. 88
All Bolivia in a Railroad Car	p. 104
The Civilization of Black Gold	p. 111
Chronicle of Diamond Fever	p. 118
Fascism in Latin America: A Letter to a Mexican Editor	p. 125
In Defense of the Word	p. 130
Exile, Somewhere Between Nostalgia and Creativity	p. 143
Ten Frequent Lies or Mistakes about Latin American Literature and Culture	p. 151
Notes for a Self-Portrait	p. 174
The Discovery of America Yet to Come	p. 179
The Dictatorship and Its Aftermath: The Secret Wounds	p. 187
Democratorship: Latin American Democracy Held Hostage	p. 194
In Defense of Nicaragua	p. 200
The Structure of Impotence	p. 205
The Body as Sin or Celebration	p. 222
The Blue Tiger and the Promised Land	p. 227
Two Speeches for Chile: You Didn't Die When They Killed You: A Speech Delivered in the Monster's Belly	p. 236
We Say No	p. 241
Salgado: Light Is a Secret of Garbage	p. 245
Words about Memory and about Fire	p. 255
Impunity U.	p. 266
Funeral for the Wrong Corpse	p. 273
Scorn as Destiny	p. 280
To Be Like Them	p. 286
War of the Fallacies	p. 298
Othercide: For Five Centuries the Rainbow Has Been Banned from America's Sky	p. 303
Permissions	p. 317
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