[He manaʻo pōkole kēia o kahi haʻiʻōlelo na Eduardo Galeano ma Iulai 3 in
ʻO ko mākou ʻāina ke aupuni o nā paradoxes. E lawe i ka hihia o Palakila: me ka hoʻohālikelike, ua hana ʻo Aleijadinho, ke kanaka ʻino loa ma Brazil, i ka hana kiʻekiʻe loa o ka wā colonial; paradoxically Garrincha, i luku ʻia mai ka wā kamaliʻi e ka ʻilihune a me ka polio, hānau ʻia i ka pōʻino, ʻo ia ka mea pāʻani i hāʻawi i ka hauʻoli nui loa i ka mōʻaukala o ka pôpeku; a ʻo Oscar Niemeyer, ka mea i hoʻopau i nā makahiki he 100, ʻo ia ka mea hou loa o nā mea hoʻolālā, ʻo ia ka muli loa o nā Brazilian.
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A i ʻole e lawe i ka hihia o
Ua ʻike au i kekahi o kēia mau mea paʻakikī ʻelima: ʻo Domitila Barrios, ma ke kūlanakauhale mining o
A he mau makahiki ma hope mai, hui hou au me Domitila, in
"Mai naʻaupō," ʻōlelo ʻo ia iā lākou, "e hui pū. Aia mākou i loko
A pehea kona pololei. No ka mea, ke olelo nei au, aia anei na niho ke pili ole ma ka waha? Aia nā manamana lima inā ʻaʻole pili i ka lima?
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I ka hapa mua o ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāiwa, ua hele kekahi Venezuelan i kapa ʻia ʻo Simón Rodríguez, ma nā alanui o ko mākou ʻAmelika, ma luna o ka miula, e hoʻohewa ana i nā mea mana hou: "ʻO ʻoe," e kāhea aku ʻo Simon, "ʻo ʻoe e hoʻohālike i ka E ka poʻe ʻEulopa, no ke aha ʻoe e hoʻohālike ʻole ai i ka mea nui loa - ka mea maoli?
ʻO ka mea hoʻohālikelike, ʻaʻohe mea i lohe ʻia ʻo ia, ʻo kēia kanaka i pono ke lohe ʻia. ʻO ka mea hoʻohālikelike, kapa lākou iā ia he loco no ka mea he manaʻo kona e noʻonoʻo pono ai mākou me ko mākou poʻo ponoʻī, no ka mea, ua loaʻa iā ia ka manaʻo e noi i ka hoʻonaʻauao no nā mea a pau.
"ʻAʻole mākou iā mākou iho," wahi āna, "kūʻokoʻa mākou akā ʻaʻole mākou kūʻokoʻa".
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He ʻumikūmālima makahiki ma hope o ka make ʻana o ka pupule
ʻO ka mea hoʻohālikelike, ma hope o ʻelima mau makahiki o ke kaua weliweli, i waena o ka nui o ka make, ua ola ke kumu. Wahi a ka moʻomeheu kahiko loa, ua hānau ʻia nā Paraguayans mai ka ʻōlelo i kapa ʻia lākou. A i waena o nā ʻōpala puhi, ua ola kēlā ʻōlelo kapu, ka ʻōlelo mua, ka ʻōlelo Guarani. A ke ʻōlelo nei nā Paraguayans ma Guarani i ka hola ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia ka hola o ke aloha a me ka ʻakaʻaka. Ma Guarani, 'ñe'é' 'o ia ho'i ka hua'ōlelo a 'o ia ho'i ka 'uhane. ʻO ka mea wahaheʻe me ka ʻōlelo kumakaia i ka ʻuhane. Inā hāʻawi wau i kaʻu ʻōlelo iā ʻoe, hāʻawi wau iaʻu iho.
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He kenekulia ma hope o ke kaua Paraguayan, ua hāʻawi kahi Pelekikena o Chile i kāna ʻōlelo a hāʻawi iā ia iho. Ua kuha nā mokulele i nā pōkā ma luna o kona hale aliʻi aupuni, a i pū ʻia hoʻi e nā pūʻali koa ma ka ʻāina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: ʻAʻole au e haʻalele ola.
ʻO Paradoxically, kekahi o nā ala nui o
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A i ka lele ʻana ma luna o ka mauna, nīnau wau iaʻu iho: no ke aha ʻo Che Guevara, ka ʻAmelika kaulana loa o nā manawa a pau, ʻo ʻAmelika Latin loa o ke ao holoʻokoʻa, ua maʻa mau ka hānau ʻana? ʻO ka paradoxically, ʻoi aku ka nui o kona hoʻopunipuni ʻia, ʻoi aku ka nui o kona kumakaia ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o kona hānau ʻana. ʻO ia ka mea i hānau ʻia ma mua o nā mea a pau.
A ke nīnau nei au iaʻu iho, ʻaʻole anei no kāna ʻōlelo ʻana i kona manaʻo a hana i kāna ʻōlelo? ʻAʻole anei ʻo ia ka mea e noho kūʻokoʻa ai i kēia ao kahi e hui ʻole ai nā ʻōlelo a me nā hana a i ka wā e hana ai ʻaʻole lākou e aloha kekahi i kekahi no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike kekahi i kekahi.
Unuhi ʻia mai ka Paniolo e Supriyo Chatterjee. Hōʻike hou aku ʻo ʻAmelika Latin ma Kahi hālāwai
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