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A young Contra soldier leans on a brick wall while at El Porvenir Farm, located two kilometers from the Honduras-Nicaragua border, in June 1983. He is wearing army fatigues in jungle-pattern camouflage, a blue beret, an unidentified yellow patch on his left shoulder, and a blue-and-white patch on his left breast pocket that reads "FDN," which identifies him as a member of Nicaraguan Democratic Force, a military organization whose members are informally known as "Contras." Un joven soldado contra está recargado sobre un muro de ladrillo en la granja El Porvenir, localizada dos kilómetros de la frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua, en junio de 1983. Porta su uniforme militar con camuflaje estilo selva, un parche amarillo no identificado sobre su brazo izquierdo, y un parche albiazul sobre el lado izquierdo de su camisa que dice: "FDN", lo cual lo identifica como miembro de la Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense, una organización militar cuyos miembros son conocidos informalmente como la contra.
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