Young Sandinista

2nd Anniversary of Revolution, Managua, 1981

Heavy photographs of Nicaraguans youth in 1979 and 1981. The young people pictured belong to a socialist party, Sandinista National Liberation Front. Tens of thousands of youth joined the party to fight the Somoza dictatorship. Somoza was overthrown in 1979.


Sandinistas entering Managua, Nicaragua 1979

2nd Anniversary of Revolution, Managua, 1981


At the Intercon, Managua, Nicaragua 1979

via Marcelo Montecino

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