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Mosquito Coast

American  

noun

  1. a coastal region in Central America bordering on the Caribbean Sea, E of Honduras and Nicaragua.


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This affects the Miskito People or indigenous people of the Mosquito Coast in Nicaragua.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2021

In an interview with Esquire magazine earlier this year, the "Mosquito Coast" star opened up about the divorce and noted that he and Aniston speak regularly.

From Fox News ● Aug. 11, 2021

In The Mosquito Coast, he played the son of a man determined to build a utopia in Central America.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2018

He is also known for his novels, most famously "The Mosquito Coast," which was adapted into a film starring Harrison Ford.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2016

“But you went turtle-ing for years off the Mosquito Coast and your eyes are good.”

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

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