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- Title
- Cuban Soldiers Assist Nicaraguan Sandinistas Along Costa Rican Border
- Date
- 1979-06-23
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Cuban Army soldiers and instructors move a recoilless weapon to a firing position in Costa Rica to a position near the border with Nicaragua June 23, 1979. The Cuban soldiers were instructing Nicaraguan members of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, FSLN, in camps along the Costa Rican and Nicaragua border.
- Subject
- War; Conflict; Insurgency; Military; Civil War
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Local Identifier
- costarica_ct_0001_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1979 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Cuban Soldiers Assist Nicaraguan Sandinistas Along Costa Rican Border
- Date
- 1979-06-23
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Members of the international media watch as Cuban Army soldiers move a recoilless weapon to a firing position in Costa Rica near the border with Nicaragua June 23, 1979. The Cuban soldiers were instructing Nicaraguan members of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, FSLN, in camps along the Costa Rican and Nicaragua border.
- Subject
- War; Conflict; Insurgency; Military; Civil War
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Local Identifier
- costarica_ct_0002_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1979 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Engesa EE-T1 Main Battle Tank
- Date
- 1985-02-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- An employee of Engesa steers an Osório EE-T1 main battle tank into a hangar for maintenance in Sao José dos Campos, Brazil, February 1985. Engesa had a number of production contracts in the Middle East and Africa but design and finance issues caused the tank to eventually be scrapped. Engesa declared bankruptcy in 1993.
- Subject
- Military; Security; War; Armour; Weapons
- Country
- Brazil
- Local Identifier
- brazil_ct_0069_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Fighting Along The Pan American Highway In Costa Rica
- Date
- 1979-06-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A Costa Rican border guard removes a barricade to permit Nicaraguan vehicles to escape fighting between the Nicaraguan Army and the Sandinista National Liberation Front, FSLN, along the Pan American Highway June 1979.
- Subject
- War; Economy; Insurgency; Conflict; Civil War
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Local Identifier
- costarica_ct_0003_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1979 Robert Nickelsberg
- Title
- Nicaraguan Civilians Escape Fighting During the Sandinista Revolution
- Date
- 1979-06-23
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Costa Rican medics fill in forms for Nicaraguan civilians who have escaped fighting across the Costa Rican - Nicaraguan border in Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica on June 23, 1979.
- Subject
- War; Insurgency; Conflict; Civil War
- Country
- Costa Rica
- Local Identifier
- costarica_ct_0004_web.tif
- Rights statement
- Copyright 1979 Robert Nickelsberg