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A young Contra soldier stands in a pose for a full-body portrait in his military uniform. He is wearing a black beret and carrying his Belgian FN FAL assault rifle on his left shoulder. He is part of a group of Contras camped at El Porvenir Farm, located two kilometers from the Honduras-Nicaragua border. He is a member of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN in Spanish), whose members are informally known as "Contras." Un joven soldado contra está de pie posando para un retrato de cuerpo completo en uniforme militar. Él porta una boina negra y su fusil FN FAL de origen belga sobre su hombro izquierdo. Forma parte de un grupo de contras que permanecen en campamento en la granja El Porvenir, localizada a dos kilómetros de la frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua. Es miembro de la Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense (FDN), cuyos miembros son conocidos informalmente como la contra.
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