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A young Contra soldier transports a pot of cooked rice on a wheelbarrow down a road at El Porvenir Farm, located two kilometers from the Honduras-Nicaragua border. Walking in opposite direction are three other Contra soldiers. They are each holding FN FAL assault rifles over their shoulders. In the background there are some structures and debris. They are all members of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN in Spanish), whose members are informally known as "Contras." Un joven soldado contra transporta una olla de arroz cocido sobre una carretilla mientras camina sobre un camino en la granja el Porvenir, localizada a dos kilómetros de la frontera entre Honduras y Nicaragua. Caminando en sentido contrario van tres soldados contra. Cada uno de ellos porta un fusil FN FAL sobre sus hombros. Al fondo de la imagen se observan algunas estructuras y escombros. Todos ellos forman parte de la Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense (FDN), cuyos miembros son conocidos informalmente como la contra.
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