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A child Contra soldier looks at the camera while holding his weapon in front of him. He has a knife strapped to his belt and has illegible handwriting on his left hand. In the background, there are two adult men that are Contra soldiers. One of them is wearing an olive-green cap and has his left hand on his waist. The other one is wearing a black beret and holding a field radio. They are members of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN in Spanish), whose members are known informally as "Contras." Un niño soldado de los contras mira hacia la cámara mientras sostiene su fusil en frente de él. Tiene una navaja adjunta a su fajo y una palabra ilegible escrita sobre su mano izquierda. Al fondo de la imagen se observan dos hombres soldados contra adultos. Uno de ellos porta una cachucha color verde olivo y tiene su mano izquierda sobre su cadera. El otro porta una boina negra y sostiene un radio militar. Él forma parte de la Fuerza Demócratica Nicaragüense, conocida informalmente como la contra.
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