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- Birth nameEduardo Germán María Hughes Galeano
- Nickname
- Eduardo Hughes Galeano
- Eduardo Galeano was born on September 3, 1940 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was a writer and actor, known for La vida según Galeano (2013), Huellas del paraíso (1991) and Prohibited Birds (2004). He was married to Graciela Berro Rovira, Silvia Brando and Helena Villagra. He died on April 13, 2015 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
- SpousesGraciela Berro Rovira(1962 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)Silvia Brando(? - 1962) (divorced, 1 child)Helena Villagra(? - April 13, 2015) (his death)
- Author of bestseller book "Open Veins of Latin America".
- In his teens, he drew cartoons for the Uruguayan socialist newspaper El Sol, and by 20 was editor of another socialist newspaper, Marcha. After he was forced into exile, his books were banned by authoritarian regimes in Chile and Argentina, as well as in Uruguay.
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