Dear friends of NACLA,

Yesterday, the mainstream media erupted with stories about Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez publicly giving President Obama a Spanish-language copy of Eduardo Galeano's Open Veins of Latin America during the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad - but for all of the coverage, the media isn't telling the truth about this important book's message.

And what's more, we've heard the mainstream media say over and over that the book is obscure and difficult to find in English, when, in reality, it is one of the most widely read books on Latin America, was first published in English in 1973, and has been in print and available all over the world ever since!

Let's make sure that the Obama administration gets the message that Open Veins of Latin America is a crucial history of the type of U.S. intervention in the region that needs to stop!

We are calling on NACLA supporters to send English-language copies of Open Veins of Latin America directly to the White House. We want hundreds of copies to be sent there, enough for all of the White House staff, the cabinet members, and Obama's advisors. Let's get this book into the hands of not just Barack Obama, but Hillary Clinton, Thomas Shannon, Dan Restrepo, and the rest of the administration! Let's show Obama that there is real, grassroots support for a new policy toward Latin America - that we want not just change, but justice!

If you want to see a new U.S. policy toward Latin America, please, buy a copy of Open Veins of Latin America today, and have it sent directly to the Obama administration!


You can support independent publishing by purchasing the book directly from our friends at Monthly Review Press or use this link to purchase on Amazon and support NACLA. Have the books shipped to one of the following:

President Barack H. Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Secretary Hillary Clinton
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520 Asst. Secretary Thomas Shannon
Western Hemisphere Affairs
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520

Dan Restrepo
Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs
National Security Council
600 17th St NW
Washington, DC 20508

Please, pass this on to your friends and colleagues, and let us know that you sent a copy by emailing info@nacla.org. Thanks for joining us in this campaign!

Sincerely,

NACLA Staff