Sandinista soldier resting at a farmhouse in province of Matagalpa. The baby (who has just wet her diaper) is holding a broomstick, Nicaragua

Soldier in U.S.-backed Salvadoran army relaxes with his radio in San Francisco Gotera. The village is an outpost in Morazán, a province active in army-guerrilla warfare, El Salvador

"Mothers of the Disappeared" protest against the death squads in the capital city of San Salvador. Over 70,000 Salvadorans have died in nine years of civil unrest. Most were victims of these "Escuadrones de la Muerte", El Salvador

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