ATHENS — When President Obama stood in the shadows of Acropolis on Tuesday and talked about the crippling impact of austerity measures on Greece, I thought, wow, I could have told you that. After all, my grandparents were collateral damage. And my father is next.
My grandparents' story starts five decades ago — like thousands of Greeks who left the country in the 1950s and '60s to find work after the devastating Greek civil war, my grandparents went to Brazil.
My grandparents' story starts five decades ago — like thousands of Greeks who left the country in the 1950s and '60s to find work after the devastating Greek civil war, my grandparents went to Brazil.