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Unexpectedly, our visit to
Puerto Cabezas coincided with the first ever diving class given in Nicaragua on
the Moskito Coast for the benefit of the commercial lobster divers. We were
able to get inside and checkout some of the action.
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The guy in the blue shirt is the
Vice-Minister of Labor. The Nicraguan Labor Ministry had been getting some
heavy negative publicity from domestic and international news spotlighting the
plight of the indigenous commercial lobster divers.. |
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The media was waiting outside the classroom.
The first afternoon session, the class was working on gear
configurations and tables. The class was scheduled for 4 days.
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