Eduardo Galeano, an anti-capitalist, leading voice of the Latin American left, has died in Montevideo, aged 74.<br /><br /> Perhaps best known for his 1971 book Open Veins of Latin America, the Uruguayan writer and journalist succumbed to cancer, after a career spanning more than 50 years.<br /><br /> Sales of the book soared in 2009, when Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez presented US President Barack Obama with a copy.
