Nevertheless, he agrees to not expose them, and will do a fluff piece on Jazy instead. Russell learns from Oates that Jazy has been using him to get photographs of rebel leaders, who are then targeted for assassination.Īlex learns that Rafael is dead and Claire and Russell have violated journalistic ethics. They are detained and again meet Oates, who this time is with government troops who are conducting a mass execution. The two go to find Rafael as the war escalates. Alex learns of Russell's affair with his girlfriend, but does not sever his relationship with the photographer. The photo is a success, and Alex comes to Nicaragua to get Russell to arrange an interview with Rafael.
Although conflicted, Claire and Russell agree to help the rebels. Lead to a remote rebel stronghold, they realize that Rafael is indeed dead, and the rebels ask Russell to fake a living photo of their leader, believing this will sustain the movement long enough to win a victory. They then meet rebels who promise to take them to meet Rafael. Afterwards, Oates shoots Pedro in the back, killing him, but Russell does not reveal Oates' location, in order to avoid picking a side in the conflict.Ĭlaire and Russell attend a press conference where President Somoza announces that Rafael has been killed. After more fighting, Russell again meets Oates, who is now fighting for the Nicaraguan government.
Russell meets rebels lead by Pedro who gives him a baseball to take to Dennis Martinez.
They go to León and cover an intense rooftop gun battle between rebels and government troops. He and Claire meet Marcel Jazy, a French spy who is closely connected to Somoza, who tips them off that they might find Rafael in León, even though the press corps believes the fighting is shifting to Masaya. Russell is arrested for no legitimate reason and spends a night in jail. The three journalists then travel to Nicaragua to join the international press corps covering a conflict between the government of President Somoza and rebels lead by Rafael, an underground figure who has never been photographed. Alex's article about the conflict in Chad is paired with Russell's photography to land a cover story in Time Magazine. It is revealed that Russell is having an affair with Alex's girlfriend, fellow journalist Claire.
Russell then returns to his hotel, where he attends a "Bon Voyage" party for his friend Alex Grazier, who is giving up covering foreign conflicts to take a lucrative job as a news anchor in New York. Russell Price is a photojournalist covering a military conflict in Chad, where he runs into Oates, a mercenary who he knows.
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