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The panga of José María Flores Arróliga anchors next to an impromptu pier of boards on the Costa Rican bank of the San Juan River. The current is constant, but meek. As soon as the boat swings, designed to withstand the open sea, the man unloads, with a contagious smile, huge, oval watermelons that look more like heads of missiles. They are the last remaining ones, after selling upriver almost all the harvest extracted from his farm, located in …