Fox News is reporting that the book Hugo Chavez gave President Obama as a gift is course material at 20 colleges (at least) and has been course material at some colleges for decades.
[Link - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517784,00.html]
The book, entitled "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent" give an account of European and American oppression and exploitation of the South and Central American regions and people.
Wonderful. How about an opposing view point being presented to the impressionable minds at these schools? Maybe a mention of what contributions Europeans and Americans have made to the region and to the world. Would that be too much to ask? Likely.
Then again, the typical student response to the gift from Hugo Chavez to the President - who's Hugo Chavez?
At least those exposed to the book might be too busy enjoying college life to absorb any of it's garbage.
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