Government soldiers, with camouflage grease on their faces, head into combat against the guerrillas in the province of Morazán, El Salvador

Barbershop in Ocotal, a town near the northern war front, Nicaragua

Juan Rivera and his wife crouch in a crude shelter where they and other civilians have hidden from bombs dropped by government aircraft in the provice of Chalatenango, El Salvador

Voting line, woman holds identity card, voting is mandatory, El Salvador

Wounded guerrilla is transported by sling in rebel-held territory, El Salvador

Government graffitti in Managua memorializing the hero of the Sandinista revolution, Augusto Sandino, who was assassinated in 1932, Nicaragua

Citizen militia, Nicaragua

Managua garage sells old wheels and hubcaps, relics from the Somoza era of big American cars, many of which are still in use, Nicaragua