Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Muchikamu chechipiri, Galeano anotsanangura kwakatangira kurwisana kweColombia kwenguva refu, kunotungamirirwa nepfuma inogadzirwa nekushandiswa kwevhu nekugadzirwa kwekofi, uye kuti sei
vavariro dzeAmerican United Fruit Company dzakapisa Hondo yevagari vomuGuatemala. 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).