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In June 1983, a group of Contra soldiers march down a road at El Porvenir Farm, located two kilometers from the Honduras-Nicaragua border. Each Contra soldier is armed with either an FN FAL or Kalashnikov assault rifle. Behind them is a small house and some mountains. Most of them are wearing caps. They are all members of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN in Spanish), whose members are informally known as "Contras." En junio de 1983, un grupo de soldados contra marcha en un camino en la granja El Porvenir, localizada a dos kilómetros de la frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua. Cada soldado contra está armado con un fusil Kalashnikov o un fusil FN FAL. Detrás de ellos se observa una casa y unas montañas. La mayoría de los soldados portan cachuchas. Todos ellos forman parte de la Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense (FDN), cuyos miembros son conocidos informalmente como la contra.
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