Closer to home, in Costa Rica's northern neighbor, Nicaragua, residents use "arriba" or "abajo" to indicate up or down a street.

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Mexican political "tropi-punk" group Los de Abajo won in the Americas category, while Swedish and Senegalese collaborators Ellika and Solo got the prize for "boundary crossing".

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