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Fighting the Contras
In the 1980s Nicaragua's left-wing Sandinistas were under attack from US-backed Contra rebels.
We hear the account of a former member of the Sandinista's elite special forces.
*This programme contains distressing accounts of graphic violence.*
In the 1980s left-wing Sandinistas in Nicaragua were under attack from US-backed Contra rebels.
We hear a unique personal account from one former member of the Sandinista special forces, an elite unit involved in the brutal fight for control of the Central American country.
(Photo: AFP/GettyImages)
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