Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) and former guerrilla commander Eden Pastora a.k.a. "Commander Zero" offer a clenched-fist salute on August 22, 2008, in Managua during the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the assault on the National Palace. The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN for its initials in Spanish) took the National Palace by force on August 22, 1978, with some 1,000 hostages which they used as ransom to free 59 political prisoners incarcerated by the government of Anastasio Somoza. The members of the commando group and the released prisoners subsequently fled to Panama and Cuba in exile. Getty Images logo Getty Images 42 months ago

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) and former guerrilla commander Eden Pastora a.k.a. "Commander Zero" offer a clenched-fist salute on August 22, 2008, in Managua during the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the assault on the National Palace. The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN for its initials in Spanish) took the National Palace by force on August 22, 1978, with some 1,000 hostages which they used as ransom to free 59 political prisoners incarcerated by the government of Anastasio Somoza. The members of the commando group and the released prisoners subsequently fled to Panama and Cuba in exile.

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