Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan revolutionary, dead at 83

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — One of the most mercurial, charismatic figures of Central America’s revolutionary upheavals, Edén Pastora, died early June 16. He was 83. On Aug. 22, 1978, Pastora, better known as "Commander Zero," led a group of guerrilla fighters in an armed takeover of Nicaragua's national congress, becoming the subject of an iconic image with rifle raised above his head as he boarded a plane to escape to Panama and then Cuba. After the photo circled the globe Pastora's comrades dubbed him "Commander Kodak" for pulling off the kerchief all had been wearing as a mask and mugging for the camera. Their daring mission succeeded in freeing 60 Sandinista prisoners. Eden Pastora, better...