Rousseff: Galeano's death a loss for all who fight for Latin America

President Dilma Rousseff said that the death of Uruguayan writer and journalist Eduardo Galeano is a loss for all of those who fight for Latin America. He died on Monday (Apr 13), aged 74, due to lung cancer complications.

“Today is a sad day for all of us Latin Americans. Eduardo Galeano, one of the greatest writers of our continent, ed away. It's a great loss for all of us who fight for Latin America that is more inclusive, just, and comionate towards its peoples,” the president said in a condolence note released by her press office.

“I'd like to pay a tribute to the Uruguayan people as well as to friends and our huge Latin American family, by saying that we keep walking with our gaze aimed at the horizon, at our utopia,” Rousseff said, referring to one of Galeano's most well-known quotes.

Eduardo Galeano is the author of over 40 works. Among the books that have been translated into English are Open Veins of Latin America, The Following Days, and The Memory of Fire.

Translated by Fabrício Ferreira