“‘Venas Abiertas,’ the title for this work, is based on Eduardo Galeano’s seminal book, ‘The Open Veins of Latin America,’ about U.S. imperialism in Latin America and its history of extraction,” says Mozman Solano. “The photographs give voice to economic and political policy toward Latinx people, the region, and its consequence, which has resulted in waves of immigration to the U.S. The story of my family’s migration from Panamá to the American south in the late 1960s due to economic need shaped my understanding of this multifaceted history. The victory is in giving voice to this important and complex history of U.S. policy toward Central America, Mexico, and the border, as well as Latinos’s living within the U.S., which too few people really know about.”
