Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, Nicaragua's first female president who ended a brutal civil war and oversaw the country's ...

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

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, the first woman to be elected President of Nicaragua and a prominent figure of reconciliation ...

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

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

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

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 decades of war and was the first woman elected president in the ...

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, an unlikely leader whose rise was fueled by her husband's murder, championed regional ...

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

the Sandinista Youth “and the Nicaraguan people are always with the Sandinista National Liberation Front in celebrating these seven years of defeat of the enemies of peace.” “They couldn’t ...

In the late 1970s, Nicaragua was in the midst of a violent revolution when the socialist Sandinista National Liberation Front overthrew Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Garcia. Although the ...