1.   Bolanos faces an economy that has been battered in recent years by falling coffee harvests and a debilitating drought.

2.   Brazil is also in for a bumper coffee harvest.

3.   All have lost access to their lands in the midst of the coffee harvest, the main source of income for most peasant families in the highlands.

4.   Coffee harvests in other Latin American countries, including Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala also are expected to be smaller, traders said.

5.   Coffee prices surged Monday after a U.S. report that predicted a steep drop in the Brazilian coffee harvest next year following recent heavy frosts.

6.   Coffee harvests in other Latin American countries, including Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala, also are expected to be smaller, traders said.

7.   Costa Rica is just beginning its main coffee harvest, which runs from September to March.

8.   Dry weather could postpone coffee harvests in Central America that usually begin in September until October or November, analysts said.

9.   If coffee harvests are smaller than expected, supplies may fall short of roaster demand when they begin to prepare for winter demand.

10.   Its Tojolobal Indians are emaciated from months of hunger but are afraid to leave to sell their scant coffee harvest and buy food because of roaming army patrols.