Sandinista Popular Army troops uproot peasant families in the deep countryside to create a “free-fire zone” to battle the U.S.-backed Contra rebels, El Ventarrón, Jinotega Department, Nicaragua, February 1985.
Jesús Cartagena recounts details of a massacre allegedly committed days before by a U.S.-trained battalion of the Salvadoran army in rebel-held Chalatenango Department, El Salvador, September 1984.
A former member of the government Civil Defense Force, accused of participating in the murder of twelve peasants, is brought to the site of the alleged killings, Los Mangos, Sonsonante Department, El Salvador, April 1984.
A rearguard militia fighter of the Popular Liberation Forces (FPL), one of the five armies of the FMLN guerrillas, Chalatenango Department, El Salvador, September 1984.
A guerrilla couple celebrates the New Year, Tenancingo, Cuscatlán Department, El Salvador, January 1985.
Evangelical mourners wail at the funeral for relatives in the government’s local Civil Defense force killed in a rebel attack, Santa Cruz Loma, La Paz Department, El Salvador, April 1985.
Volunteer brigadistas receive a security briefing before they head out to harvest coffee at a state-run farm, Finca La Sorpresa, Jinotega Department, Nicaragua, February 1986.
Women gather in Managua to protest U.S. support for the Contra rebels, holding photographs of loved ones killed in Contra attacks in the north and central war zones of Nicaragua, June 1987.
A young guerrilla fighter brandishes his M-16 rifle during a lull in fighting with government army forces, San Francisco Javier, Usulután Department, El Salvador, March 1989.
A military honor guard at the funeral for an assassinated congressman, San Salvador, El Salvador, June 1983.
Salvadoran Army soldiers on an anti-guerrilla sweep, San Pedro Hills, El Salvador, July 1983.
Indigenous Mayan members of a government civil defense patrol, Todos Santos Cuchumatán, Guatemala, August 1983.
Fighters of an elite Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) guerrilla unit at a river crossing, Usulután Department, El Salvador, September 1983.
Women and children recall their harrowing tale of survival following an alleged government army massacre in which 50 peasant supporters of the FMLN guerrillas were reported to have died, rebel-held Chalatenango Department, El Salvador, September 1984.
Soldiers of the elite Santos López Irregular Warfare Battalion of the Sandinista Popular Army cross a field while on an operation against the U.S.-backed Contra rebels, Jinotega Department, Nicaragua, June 1985.
Villagers gawk at the body of a government soldier slain in an Election Day attack by FMLN guerrillas, San Francisco Javier, Usulután Department, El Salvador, March 1989.
A Sandinista army soldier displays a bandana in favor of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who lost to the U.S.-backed opposition candidate in national elections, Estelí Department, Nicaragua, February 1990.
An American soldier scans the streets with binoculars at a guard post in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, July 2003.
Suspected looters are detained by a U.S. Army patrol in Saddam Hussein’s former Ministry of Information building, which was heavily bombed in the early stages of the American-led invasion, Baghdad, Iraq, July 2003.
A craftsman and his children display theatrical masks used in folkloric dances in the front room of his shop, Masaya, Nicaragua, April 1984.
