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Consignment - July 19th, 1979 / 30 years since the Nicaraguan Revolution 

Susan Meiselas 

On July 19, 1979 the National Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) overthrew the government of Anastasio Somoza. FSLN leader Daniel Ortega was elected as Nicaragua's president in 1984 and voted out of power in 1990. In 2006, the FSLN became the ruling party again by winning the general elections.

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. 1978. Traditional Indian dance mask from the town... 

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NICARAGUA. Managua. June 1978. Car of a Somoza informer burning... 

Susan Meiselas 1978

NICARAGUA. Managua. June 1978. President Anastasio SOMOZA DEBAYLE... 

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NICARAGUA. June 1978. Recruits pass by official state portrait... 

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NICARAGUA. 1979. 

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NICARAGUA. Cuidad Sandino. 1978. Searching everyone traveling... 

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NICARAGUA. Jonotepe. 1978. Coffins of students being carried... 

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NICARAGUA. Managua. 1978. Watching the training of the National... 

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NICARAGUA. 1981. 

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NICARAGUA. Diriamba. June 1978. Burial of worker, with flag of... 

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NICARAGUA. Monimbo. 1978. Wall graffiti on Somoza supporters... 

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NICARAGUA. Matagalpa. June 1978. Children harassing Guards around... 

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NICARAGUA. Mayasa. 1979. Guard patrol beginning house-to-house... 

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NICARAGUA. August 26, 1978. First day of popular insurrection.... 

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NICARAGUA. Masaya. 1979. Sandinista National Liberation Front.... 

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NICARAGUA. Masaya. June 8, 1979. Popular forces begin final offensive.... 

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NICARAGUA. Esteli. September 1978. National Guard entering Esteli.... 

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NICARAGUA. Matagalpa. 1978. Muchachos await the counterattack... 

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NICARAGUA. Esteli. September 1978. The fifth day of continuous... 

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NICARAGUA. Managua. June 1979. Neighborhood bomb shelter dug... 

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NICARAGUA. Esteli. September 20, 1978. Fleeing the bombing to... 

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NICARAGUA. Masaya. 1979. 

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NICARAGUA. North of Esteli. 1978. Young guerillas training the... 

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NICARAGUA. Matagalpa. July 1979. Sandinistas distributing arms... 

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NICARAGUA. Masaya. 1979. National Guard reinforcements entering... 

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NICARAGUA. Managua. 1979. Street fighter.

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NICARAGUA. Monimbo. 1979. Monimbo woman carrying her dead husband... 

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NICARAGUA. Masaya. September, 1978. Returning home.

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NICARAGUA. Managua. 1979. Children rescued from a house destroyed... 

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NICARAGUA. Matagalpa. 1979. Sandinista barricade during last... 

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NICARAGUA. Sebaco. 1979. National Guards taken prisoners of war... 

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NICARAGUA. Esteli. 1979. Sandinistas at the walls of the Esteli... 

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NICARAGUA. 1979. Body of National Guardsman, killed during the... 

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NICARAGUA. Managua. 1979. Near the central plaza.

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NICARAGUA. Managua. July 20, 1979. Entering the central plaza... 

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NICARAGUA. Managua. 1979. In the central plaza, renamed "Plaza... 

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NICARAGUA. Managua. July, 1979. Popular caricature of the first... 

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NICARAGUA. Managua. 1980. Violeta BARRIOS DE CHAMORRO, Alfonso... 

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NICARAGUA. Managua. 1979. Wall. 

Susan Meiselas 1986

NICARAGUA. Masaya. 1986. Mural featuring Nicaraguan heroes. 

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NICARAGUA. Managua. 1979. Street construction billboard for "Barricada",... 

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NICARAGUA. Managua. 1981. Building new housing. 

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NICARAGUA. Alphabetization campaign teaching literacy to women... 

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NICARAGUA. Pantasma. 1983. 'FDN (Fuerza Democractica Nicaraguense)... 

Susan Meiselas 1990

NICARAGUA. Juigalpa. 1990. Daniel ORTEGA, Sergio RAMIREZ and... 
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