National Guard (Nicaragua)
Videos
The Nicaraguan National Guard was a militia and a gendarmerie created in 1925 during the occupation of Nicaragua by the United States. It became notorious for human rights abuses and corruption under
National Guard members in 1931
A M4 Sherman tank of the Nicaraguan National Guard during clashes with Sandinista rebels in Estelí, 1979.
The Sandinista National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto César Sandino, wh
ARDE Frente Sur Contras in 1987
Flag of Nicaragua and the FSLN flown together
1979 FSLN poster reading: "Consolidate the Revolution in the rearguard and with literacy" (Spanish: A consolidar la Revolución en la Retaguardia y la Alfabetización)
U.S. Marines with the captured flag of Augusto César Sandino in Nicaragua, 1932