Capitalists & Underdevelopment In Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano the capitalist portrayal in Latin America is represented as the cause and effect of the present day problems in Latin America. The cause of poverty in Latin America is the more developed countries of the world; raping the land for the minerals, sugar and coffee. The more developed world keeps Latin America in poverty for their own needs. If Latin America was not as …showed first 75 words of 490 total…

…showed last 75 words of 490 total…the worlds economy if Latin America was not as poor as it is. The industrialized world relies on the misfortunes of other countries, thus having a need to keep all Latin American countries poor. There is a lot of money too be made by a select few in power, as long as the countries in the south cannot prosper and remain poor.Bibliography Galeano Eduardo, Open veins of Latin America New York: Monthly Review Press, 1997.