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Originally published April 19, 2009 at 12:16 PM | Page modified April 19, 2009 at 5:00 PM

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Chavez gift to Obama makes book best-seller

A book by an Uruguayan journalist that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gave to President Barack Obama is now the No. 5 seller on Amazon.com.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad —

A book by an Uruguayan journalist that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gave to President Barack Obama is now the No. 5 seller on Amazon.com.

It's an astounding jump for "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent," by Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano.

The paperback edition was ranked 54,295 on the online retailer before Chavez gave Obama a Spanish-language edition of the 1971 book on Saturday. It had jumped to No. 5 by Sunday.

The English hardcover edition is listed as out of print.

Galeano's book documents how foreign interests have dominated and afflicted Latin America since the Spanish conquest. It's a favorite among leftists.

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Comments (22)
exSpartan - It will be a huge step forward when you move to Venezuela and see first hand the damage Chavez has done to that country and its people.  Posted on April 19, 2009 at 6:38 PM by Prime Time. Jump to comment
Having lived in Venezuela and as someone who has many friends there, Chavez is megalomaniac whackjob who is destroying the nation.  Posted on April 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM by Mom of Four. Jump to comment
Chavez gift to Obama makes book best-seller Wow! Obama is a popular person on minorities.  Posted on April 19, 2009 at 6:46 PM by leoflrz. Jump to comment

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