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No highlighting or underlining. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Here is a voice seldom heard, the voice of Latin America's majority, those who bear the burdens of society. If we are to understand Honduras, Central America, or, for that matter, Latin America, we must listen attentively to this voice. It has much to teach us. It commands the future.\" --E. Bradford Burns, Professor of History, UCLA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon’t be Afraid,\u003cbr\u003eGringo is the award-winning oral history of Elvia Alvarado, a courageous campesina [peasant] activist in\u003cbr\u003eHonduras, the poorest country in Central America. Trained by the Catholic\u003cbr\u003eChurch to organize women’s groups to combat malnutrition, Alvarado began to\u003cbr\u003equestion why campesinos were malnourished to begin with. 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