We squashed it, we rethought it, but mainly we renamed it the heart of school, and that changed everything forever.

While the numbers might be small, this constitutes a very important precedent in Syria where anti government protests are unheard of, and any sign of dissent is squashed with an iron fist.

Last year, fans welcomed a rumor that Galeano might run for a seat in the Senate, though Galeano quickly squashed the idea. Even without any elected office, however, Galeano remained a politically influential public voice. As Uruguayan newspaper El Pais reports