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TO GO WITH STORY TITLED PANAMERICAN HIGHWAY** Rosa Merced Morales, mother of three, sits amidst the garbage of the Managua landfill, Sept. 24, 2001, where she collects salvageable items from what others throw away. Rosa, born into a middle class family, has seen her fortunes slide, as has Nicaragua, through years of civil war and, more recently, neo-liberal economic policies that have mainly benefited the upper classes. (AP Photo/John Moore)