The Uruguayan writer and journalist Eduardo Galeano , died today at age 74, will be veiled Tuesday in the Hall of Lost Steps of Parliament of your country, officials said .
The wake will run from 15.00 (18.00 GMT) until 22.00 local time (01.00 GMT) so they can pay homage all those who wish, sources said the Presidency of the Republic.
In the Hall of Lost Steps of Parliament honors to other personalities of Uruguayan culture, as the writer Mario Benedetti, who died in 2009, or the artist Carlos Páez Vilaró, who died in 2014 was also paid.
Through the Minister of Economy and Finance, Danilo Astori, who spoke for after the cabinet today, the Uruguayan government expressed his “sympathy” and “sorrow” at the death of “this great compatriot “.
The writer died in a hospital where he was recently admitted due to one of the many relapses had been suffering lately, family sources They pointed out today.
In 2007 Galeano was involved in lung cancer and subsequently had times when their status seemed restored.
So far it is unknown when the funeral will be held.
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