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Philippine government troops--in contrast to their high-tech weapons--still use dug-out canoes in remote areas. They were crossing a river to reach an area where heavy anti-fighting was occuring.

Government troops on the island of Mindanao responded to reports of New People's Army (communist guerillas) activity near Davao City, an area of heavy anti-government fighting.

A group of labor organizers were imprisoned by the Marcos government for 'subversive' activity (attempts to unionize sugar workers on the island of Negros). It is very rare to photograph political prisoners in the Philippines since the government…

Marcos supporters taunt anti-government protesters during a rally in which the two groups met face-to-face. The Marcos supporters (many of whom paid to attend) flashed victory signs, confident their candidate would win.

Thousands of students protested in the streets of Manila in opposition to the U.S.-backed Marcos government.

From the day Philippine President Marcos announced a snap election, the Philippines became a powder keg. It was obvious the country was in need of and ready for change. Both pro-Marcos and anti-Marcos protesters took to the streets. Violence was…

A balloon floats above the Santa Rosa Mountains that surround the Coachella Valley near Palm Springs, California.

A man on his horse passes a wall filled with remnants of political slogans and posters from the most recent election in Nicaragua. The wall is on a downtown street in Jinotega, Nicaragua.

Eight-year-old Blanca Ceaja sits on a ladder with her cat in the late afternoon light at her home in Thermal, Calif.

A young girl is covered with charcoal dust after cleaning out the fire pit in the shanty in which she lives in the poor section of Managua, Nicaragua.