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Richness in the world is a result of other people's poverty. We should begin to shorten the abyss between haves and have-nots.

Eduardo Galeano

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Eduardo Galeano
Age: 74 †
Born: 1940
Born: September 3
Died: 2015
Died: April 13
Journalist
Poet
Writer
Eduardo Hughes Galeano
Eduardo Germán María Hughes Galeano
Eduardo German Maria Hughes Galeano
People
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Richness
Abyss
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Poverty
Results
Haves
World
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