Rolando Arrieta

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Digna Benite (center) calls her village of Limón de Chagres, a land made of love. Tomas Ayuso for NPR hide caption toggle caption Tomas Ayuso for NPR LIMÓN DE CHAGRES, Panama — Digna Benite stands on the banks of the calm Río Indio and recalls playing in the water while her father fished. "This river is my whole life," Benite, 60, says through a translator. Benite's small village, made of simple homes and one paved road, depends on this river.