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really knew its story—there's blood on your banana. But here in the rich world, the choice
is ours: awareness and concern, or ignorance and bliss.
Painted clay figurines featuring a bloody, slain peasant (the “Christ figure”) at the feet
of two camouflaged, US-equipped-and-funded soldiers (considered “the new centuri-
ons,” tools of empire) filled Central American Christmas markets during my earlier vis-
its. During the heat of the Civil War, poor Salvadoran children scooted these gory trios
into their manger scenes along with Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds. They were a vivid
Liberation Theology reminder of Roman Empire / American Empire parallels and how
