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A female Contra soldier kneels beside a campfire as a pan of rice cooks beside her at El Porvenir Farm, located two kilometers from the Honduras-Nicaragua border in June 1983. She is wearing a blue-and-white patch that reads "FDN," which identifies her as a member of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force. She is holding a spoon as she stares into the distance. She is a member of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN in Spanish), known informally as "Contras." Una mujer soldado de los contras yace hincada al lado de una fogata mientras el arroz se cuece en una cazuela en la granja El Porvenir, localizada a dos kilómetros de la frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua en junio de 1983. Ella porta un parche color albiazul que dice: "FDN", el cual la identifica como miembro de la Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense. Ella sostiene una cuchara mientras mira hacia la distancia. Ella forma parte de la Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense (FDN), conocida informalmente como la contra.
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