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

Costa Rica has established itself as the country with the second lowest birth rate in Latin America, surpassed only by Chile. This is confirmed by th ...

Latin America’s first elected female president won a surprise victory over Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega and demobilized ...

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

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

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

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

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