SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Violeta Chamorro, an unassuming homemaker who was thrust into politics by her husband’s assassination ...

Violeta Chamorro, who was thrust into national politics by her husband’s assassination and stunned the world by ousting the ...

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, the Nicaraguan leader whose rule in the 1990s marked the end of the country’s civil war and who ...

Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua after years of war and was the first woman elected president in the Americas ...

Violeta Chamorro, Nicaragua’s first female president, died at 95 in San José, Costa Rica, on. Learn about her legacy of peace ...

Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua after years of war and was the first woman elected president in the Americas ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Nicaragua's former President Violeta Chamorro dies at 95, family says.

Former Nicaraguan President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro smiles during an interview at her home in Managua, Oct. 19, 2006.

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, who in 1990 became the first female president of Nicaragua and the Americas, died Saturday morning in Costa Rica at the age of 95, her family announced in a statement.

Nicaragua's former President Violeta Chamorro dies at 95, family says ...

After defeating Daniel Ortega at the polls in February 1990, she became the first elected woman president in the Americas.

The former president of Nicaragua passed away in San Jose, Costa Rica, on June 14, 2025, her family confirmed in a statement.