Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, 95, Dies
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Nicaragua's new President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro flashes vee signs as outgoing President Daniel Ortega applauds after placing the presidential sash on her, in Managua, April 25, 1990.
FILE PHOTO: Nicaragua's former president, Violeta Chamorro appears at the Interamerican Press Association (IAPA) conference July 31, where she related to participants the story of the killing of ...
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, the Nicaraguan leader whose rule in the 1990s marked the end of the country’s civil war and who served as Latin America’s first elected female president, died on Saturday at 95.