Blood of Brothers: Life and War in NicaraguaIn 1976, at age 25, Stephen Kinzer arrived in Nicaragua as a freelance journalist and became a witness to history. He revisited the country many times, eventually opening the first New York Times bureau in Managua, which he headed for six years. Here is his dramatic story of the centuries-old power struggles that culminated in the fall of the Somoza government in 1979. 16 pages of photographs. |
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ARRIVAL 13 3235 | 13 |
GUN THE BANDITS DOWN | 23 |
A NATION REBELS | 35 |
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