1.   He is a coffee picker, hired by the family to bring in the coffee in the harvest months from December through February.

2.   The flowers spread to Pitayo through Paez Indians who worked as migrant coffee pickers.

3.   U.N. human rights observers arrived in the midst of the showdown and persuaded the police to leave and the coffee pickers to lay down their machetes.

4.   And it now jeopardizes his livelihood as a coffee picker.

5.   Funding was even slashed for ads featuring Juan Valdez, the famous coffee picker appearing in commercials with his striped poncho and his mule.

6.   Many coffee pickers left the region after the storm hit and others want high wages for working on areas they believe are in danger of further landslides.

7.   The humble coffee pickers recoil in fright.

8.   Those who make it quickly disappear in the mountains along the west coast, hoping to find work as domestic helpers, coffee pickers and construction workers.