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Inflation Drives Nicaraguan Indians Toward Jungle Life
In Karawala on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, Sumo and Mozkito Indians face rising prices that outpace incomes. They consider shed white goods and pants for loincloths while taxes, nails, nets, and fuel cost more. White observer Lanford and trader Edmundo Chou describe inflation's grip and a community leaning on fishing and subsistence practices.
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Karawala
Nicaragua
Bill Sanford
Caribbean
Sanford
Lanford
Vilage
University of Texas
Karawala Creek
Rio Grande
Edmundo Chou