Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muchikamu II, Galeano anotsanangura mavambo ekurwisana kweColombia kwenguva refu, kunotungamirirwa nehupfumi hunobva mukushandiswa kwenyika nekugadzirwa kwekofi, uye
kuti vavariro dzeAmerican United Fruit Company dzakapisa sei Hondo yeVanhu veGuatemala. Anotsanangurawo nhoroondo yechisimba muMexico, kutanga nokutora US hafu yenharaunda yayo muna 1848. Muchikamu chino chose, Galeano anopfuurira kurondedzera zvinoitika zvenhau zvinosuruvarisa zvakakurudzirwa neUnited States nemakambani zvakatungamirira kuhondo, urombo, uye kutambura. Galeano anotsanangurawo kuti makambani okune dzimwe nyika aiva nechinangwa chokuderedza simba renyika dzokuLatin America kuitira kuti awane zvinhu zvadzo. Anoshora capitalism nemasangano ayo, kubatanidza International Monetary Fund (IMF).