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Leana Ferrey, El Recreo Coffee Estate

Posted on February 19, 2020

In 1972, a young married couple living in Managua, Nicaragua decided to buy a coffee farm in the mountains, a four-hour drive from the city. It was going to be fun: a weekend place to get away from the hustle and bustle of their busy lives, big jobs and the dusty urban heat. Leana, a lawyer, and Carlos, an engineer, had been childhood sweethearts, and now had young children of their own. Life was just getting started...

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