Nicaragua’s former President Violeta Chamorro dies at 95 She emerged as the nation's first female president during a turbulent time in Central America.

Violeta Chamorro, Nicaraguan leader who helped end civil war, dies at 95© Kathy Willens/AP Pope John Paul II and Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro kiss after the pontiff arrived in Managua in ...

Young Chamorro dancers backstage waited for their due to perform during the 13th Annual Chamorro Cultural Festival held at Oceanside Pier Amphitheatre on Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Oceanside, CA.

June 14 (Reuters) - Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, the first female president of Nicaragua, died early Saturday morning in Costa Rica at the age of 95, her family announced in a statement.

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, 95, Dies; Led Nicaragua After Civil War The first woman to lead a Central American country, she served in the 1990s after the nation had been shaken by political strife.

The commission in charge of Chamorro language and other local issues is gearing up to meet its mandates after being inactive for almost two decades.

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, Latin America’s first elected female president, whose stunning victory at the polls in 1990 helped bring an end to eight years of a civil war in Nicaragua that ...

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 presidential elections and ...

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 presidential elections and ...

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 ...