Newsweek Photographer John Hoagland In Nicaragua Covering The Contra War

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Description: Newsweek photographer John Hoagland (1947-1984) walks through mud along a mountainous trail during a Sandinista government trip for journalists to see efforts to fight the US-supported Contras in Nicaragua, January 1983. Hoagland was shot and killed by Salvadoran army soldiers while covering a firefight between Salvadoran soldiers and FMLN guerrillas near Suchitoto, El Salvador on March 16, 1984.

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The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg

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Title: Newsweek Photographer John Hoagland In Nicaragua Covering The Contra War
Creator(s): Nickelsberg, Robert
Created: 1983-01-01
Topical Subject(s): Nicaragua ; Civil War ; Military ; Counterinsurgency ; United States Foreign Policy ; Foreign Aid ; Military Aid ; Insurgency ; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) ; Media
Subject(s) -- Personal Name: John Hoagland
Continent: North and Central America
Country: Nicaragua
Local Identifier: nicaragua_nb_0003_web.tif

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