{"id":1222,"date":"2007-08-20T09:14:54","date_gmt":"2007-08-20T09:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/08\/voice-of-the-day-elvia-alvarad-3.html"},"modified":"2007-08-20T09:14:54","modified_gmt":"2007-08-20T09:14:54","slug":"voice-of-the-day-elvia-alvarad-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/08\/voice-of-the-day-elvia-alvarad-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Voice of the Day: Elvia Alvarado"},"content":{"rendered":"

I used to feel hatred toward the gringo soldiers. Why should they be in our country, with all their guns and all their dollars, making life even more difficult for us? But now I know that these poor gringos are just ignorant; they really don\u2019t know why they\u2019re here or what this struggle is all about…. They\u2019ve just been sent here by their government. So it\u2019s really not their fault; it\u2019s the fault of the people who sent them here.
\n– Elvia Alvarado<\/strong>
\nfrom Don\u2019t Be Afraid Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks from the Heart<\/em>
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I used to feel hatred toward the gringo soldiers. Why should they be in our country, with all their guns and all their dollars, making life even more difficult for us? 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