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Obama on the book



The Wikipedia article on Galeano's book has been edited 21 times since this news broke about 24 hours ago (UPDATE - 31 times as of 10:00 PM EST 4/21). The only substantial new text in the article over this short period relates to the presentation of the book to Obama. Other edits were technical, bringing the article into convention for Wikipedia standards. There were two conservative attacks.

"Since Barack Obama spent 20 years listening to sermons given by Reverand Jeremiah Wright, he is very accostomed to anti-American sentiment. His wife hates America, too." posted by 68.224.77.65 - the 11th edit from this IP address in Las Vegas Nevada this year. Removed in 15 minutes

and
"Since Barack Obama spent 20 years listening to sermons given by Reverand Jeremiah Wright, he is very accostomed to anti-American sentiment. His wife hates America, too." posted by 71.0.143.133 - the 15 edit over a four year period from this IP address, also in Las Vegas Nevada. Removed in 18 minutes

(UPDATE)and
"It's a book written by a commie, for commies, that should under no circumstances be read. If for some reason you do read it, take it with a grain of salt, and then burn it." 190.154.174.229 Guayaquil Ecuador

also,
"- Description of the book by an anonymous apologist for five centuries of imperialism" following the above posted by Education4All (new account).

I deleted this sentence. I also moved the following from the top of the article to the bottom in a section I titled "Cultural Significance in Latin America"

"In the foreword for the 1997 edition, Chilean novelist and close relative of former Chilean President [[Salvador Allende]], [[Isabel Allende]] says that "after the [[Chilean coup of 1973|military coup of 1973]] I could not take much with me: some clothes, family pictures, a small bag of dirt from my garden, and two books: an old edition of the ''Odes'' by [[Pablo Neruda]] and the book with the yellow cover, ''Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina''."