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I like the way you refer to Maria Elena's US classmates in her mind as North Americans. Many in South America resent residents of the USA as Americans.

When I was on a Navy cruise around South America called UNITAS 1983 I happened upon a SDA Acadamy (K-8). The students were at recess. I went to one of the teachers and asked about how I could find the church. I was told to wait until the English teacher came back from lunch. The English teacher asked me to give a talk and answer questions from her class. Her advice was, when you introduce yourself don't call yourself American, but say you are North American or from the USA (Estados Unidos) because the children consider themselves Americans and to not acknowledge that would be an insult.