Cika wannan jumla: A Sashe na II, Galeano ya bayyana asalin rikicin makamai na Colombia, wanda aka haifar da dukiyar da aka samu ta hanyar amfani da ƙasa da kuma samar da kofi, da kuma
yadda burin Kamfanin 'ya'yan itace na Amurka ya haifar da yakin basasar Guatemala. Ya kuma bayyana tarihin tashin hankali a Mexico, wanda ya fara da Amurka ta mamaye rabin yankunanta a 1848. A cikin wannan ɓangaren, Galeano ya ci gaba da ba da labarin abubuwan da suka faru na tarihi da Amurka da kamfanoni suka ƙarfafa waɗanda suka haifar da yaƙi, talauci, da wahala. Galeano ya kuma bayyana yadda kamfanonin kasashen waje ke da burin raunana jihohin Latin Amurka don samun damar samun albarkatun su. Yana sukar tsarin jari hujja da cibiyoyinta, gami da Asusun Ba da Lamuni na Duniya (IMF).