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Born 1949 • Managua • Nicaragua
Died February 14, 1988 (aged 39) • Managua • Nicaragua
Political Affiliation Sandinista
Daniel Ortega
Daniel Ortega
president of Nicaragua
Edén Pastora
Nicaraguan revolutionary
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
political leader of Cuba
Raúl Castro
Raúl Castro
Cuban head of state
Thomas Müntzer
Thomas Müntzer
German religious reformer
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Iranian religious leader
José Luandino Vieira
Angolan author
Constantin-François de Chasseboeuf, count de Volney
French historian
Jim Bowie, portrait by an unknown artist; in the Capitol Building, Austin, Texas
James Bowie
American soldier
Vilma Espín Guillois
Cuban revolutionary and women’s rights activist
Haydée Santamaría Cuadrado
Cuban revolutionary and politician
Catherine Breshkovsky
Russian revolutionary
Rubén Darío
Rubén Darío
Nicaraguan writer
Ernesto Cardenal
Nicaraguan poet and priest
Central America's first woman president
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
president of Nicaragua
Alegría, Claribel
Claribel Alegría
Nicaraguan Salvadoran author
Somoza Debayle, Anastasio
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
president of Nicaragua
Alexis Arguello
Nicaraguan boxer and politician
Anastasio Somoza
president of Nicaragua