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Eduardo Galeano

Uruguayan writer, 1940 to 2015

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Wrote Open Veins of Latin America, a history of the continent’s exploitation by foreign powers that became a landmark of the Latin American left.

Eduardo Galeano sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly state-led on economy, strongly anti-establishment on institutions and leaning peace-first on war and peace.

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Where Eduardo Galeano sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Eduardo Galeano

Yanis Varoufakis Greek economist and former finance minister99%Arundhati Roy Indian novelist and activist99%Bernie Sanders US Senator from Vermont, 2007 to present99%Pablo Iglesias Spanish politician and co-founder of Podemos98%Jeremy Corbyn British MP and Labour leader, 2015 to 202098%Gabriel García Márquez Colombian novelist, 1927 to 201498%Naomi Klein Canadian author and activist98%Angela Davis American philosopher and activist98%

People furthest from Eduardo Galeano

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17155%Augusto Pinochet Ruler of Chile, 1973 to 19907%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)8%Emperor Meiji Emperor of Japan, 1867 to 19128%

Political views closest to Eduardo Galeano

Critical theoryExamines how power, class, race and gender shape institutions and ideas, and aims to…99%Utopian socialismImagines planned model communities built on cooperation, an approach that predates…98%Social ecologyTies the ecological crisis to social hierarchy and proposes directly democratic,…97%Radical democracyWants more direct participation in decisions, through assemblies, referendums and…97%

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