National Police, law enforcement branch often linked to the Death Squads, El Salvador

The home of a family of sugar harvesters who live in a rural cooperative, El Salvador

A catholic church in Managua where "liberation theology" is practiced. The small photograph under the painting depicts the martyred Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, Nicaragua

Birthing room in a San Salvador hospital. The population of the country is expected to double by the end of the century, El Salvador

Loudspeaker at a political rally in Managua. In the background is the Bank of America, one of the few structures not leveled in the 1972 earthquake. Managua today is a city of suburbs, Nicaragua

Lineup of Salvadorans removed from a city bus and questioned by government troops. The soldier, who wears two watches, is examining a national identity card, El Salvador

Rebel camp in the mountains of Chalatenango. The young man blowing smoke rings and his companion, a radio operator, belong to the Faribundo Marti liberation movement, El Salvador

Mexico, U.S. side of the border at El paso, Texas; behind the undocumented person is the Rio Grande and Ciudad Juárez

Citizen militia practice in Managua, Nicaragua

Boy returning home with jug full of creek water. Soldiers searching for guerrillas, El Salvador

Guerrilla camp. Father is holding a U.S.-made M-16 automatic rifle, El Salvador

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

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

Members of the "Battalión Lucha Irregular" (BLI), Nicaragua

"Masas," supportive population in rebel-held territory, El Salvador