Under Fire
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Popular resistance to a series of
unpopular dictators was growing in
Nicaragua for over 50 years. By the spring
of 1979. Nicaraguans from all walks of life
joined together in a final attempt to
overthrow President Anastasio ""Tacho""
Somoza.
As the fighting got worse in Central
America. journalists throughout the world
began to realize this could become a

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CHAD. AFRlCA. 1979
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