Before the assassination of her husband, the editor of the only independent newspaper in Nicaragua, Violeta Chamorro was ...

The first woman to lead a Central American country, she served in the 1990s after the nation had been shaken by political ...

Violeta Chamorro’s daughter, Cristiana Chamorro, was held under house arrest for months in Nicaragua and then convicted of ...

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

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

Former Nicaraguan president Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua after years of war and was the first woman ...

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

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

Violeta Chamorro, the first female president of Nicaragua, has passed away at 95. She played a crucial role in ending the ...

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

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Violeta Chamorro, an unassuming homemaker who was thrust into politics by her husband’s assassination and stunned the world by ousting the ruling Sandinista party in ...

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