"Somos Americanos...Amigos de Nicaragua Libre..."
Three people are standing by the sign: "Somos Americanos...Amigos de Nicaragua Libre..." The English translation is "We are Americans...friends of free Nicaragua." Some of the sign is not pictured, so this may not be the full text. In the background of the image is Carlos Fonseca's tomb. at the Plaza de la revoluciĆ³n located in Managua, Nicaragua. Fonseca founded FSLN, the leftist political party in Nicaragua and was killed fighting against the Somoza dictatorship. He lived from June 23, 1936 until November 8, 1976. The bottom of the tomb reads "Carlos es de los muertos que nunca mueren," which in English is translated to "Carlos is of the dead who never die." Archived by Leah Williams. Photographed by David Schwartz, Albright College, 1981.
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