Sandinista Revolution

  • Sandinista rebel mans a barricade in Managua. 1979.
  • A National Guardsman in the city of Nindiri poses with two children. 1979.
  • Sandinista rebels in the Sandinista-occupied city Leon. 1979.
  • Sandinista rebels in the Sandinista-occupied city of Masaya. 1979.
  • Woman pleads for assistance from National Guardsman in Managua. 1979.

Sandinista Revolution Photos: Bill Gentile is one of the few American correspondents to cover both the 1979 Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua as well as the U.S.-sponsored Contra War against the Sandinista government ruling Nicaragua in the 1980s. He made his book of photographs, Nicaragua, during the Contra War.