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Grave of Ben Linder, Nicaragua

The grave of Benjamin Linder, an internationalist from Portland, Oregon, who was killed by La contra (in English, the "Contras") in the counterrevolutionary movement against the Sandinista government of Nicaragua, 1987. The Contras were organized and funded by the United States government, which was opposed to the Nicaraguan Revolution that came to power in 1979 and was voted out of office in 1990 after a long and bloody conflict.

Photo, ©2004, taken with the camera of Bryan Moore, who appears in the plaid shirt on the right.

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