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A group of Contra soldiers stand and kneel as they pose for a photograph at El Porvenir Farm, located two kilometers from the Honduras-Nicaragua border. Two Contras kneeling in the front are wearing black berets, the rest are wearing olive-green colored caps. They are all holding either Belgian FN FAL or Soviet Kalashnikov assault rifles. In the middle of the group there is a child soldier. They are members of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN in Spanish), whose members are known informally as "Contras." Un grupo de soldados contra están de pie e hincados mientras posan para una foto en la granja El Porvenir, localizada a dos kilómetros de frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua. Dos contras hincados en el frente portan boinas negras mientras los demás contras portan cachuchas de color verde olivo. Ellos portan fusiles FN FAL de origen belga o fusiles Kalashnikov de origen soviético. En medio del grupo se observa un niño soldado. Ellos forman parte de la Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense (FDN), cuyos miembros son conocidos informalmente como la contra.
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