Open Veins of Latin America, a book originally written in 1971 by Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano (with a revised edition released in 1997), was given to President Obama by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during the Summit of the Americas this past weekend and, as a result, has shot to the top of Amazon’s Bestseller List. Yesterday, it incredibly went all the way up to the #2 spot on Amazon’s list. At the time of this writing, the book is now #7 on the Bestseller List. Before President Chavez gave the book to Obama, it was the 54,295th most popular book on Amazon. While this news is a little off-topic for this website, we thought it was interesting enough to share.