since first contact by the Europeans. Nothing was produced or mined if it did not benefit its conquerors, the land was being raped of its raw materials so other nations could sustain their vanity status and wage war against any that would oppose them. Latin Americans did not benefit from the riches of its own lands. A tyrant is one who rules with his/her best wishes in mind and looks upon the people as a means of obtaining the ends. Latin America has been controlled by tyrants who in their own countries advocate democracy and freedom but overseas rule with hands coated with the people's blood. Latin America has given the most and has the least. Galeano states that conquerors justify their actions by implying that they bring economic prosperity to a land without. This is true but the prosperity has never benefited the land which gives it and only the land the takes it. The Spanish and Portuguese main objective was to accumulate wealth and they did just that, Latin America was looked upon as a clay "piggy bank," they shattered it and took everything that was inside. The crown to destroy Latin America has passed through Britain who did the same and finally to the United States. But the United States do not control L.A by traditional means; they control the countries finances and thus control the country. "U.S capital is more tightly concentrated in Latin America than in the United States itself." (Galeano, Eduardo, 1971: 208) The U.S has big corporations in place, which thrive on raw materials and have no need to produce secondary products that would benefit the country. Latin America has been caught, tamed and harnessed; slowly withering away in a cage made of gold. Galeano defends his arguments by paying close attention to detail, detail of the countries history, of the peoples suffering and gives detailed accounts of what colonization has resulted in. He takes an historians perspective, covering ...