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 ...

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.

Ms. Chamorro, who stunned the world in the 1990 Nicaraguan presidential election, defeating Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega to become the country’s first female head of state, died June 14 in ...

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. Chamorro ...

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. The Kumision I Fino CHamoru yan I Fina’nå ...

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, who rose to the presidency of Nicaragua in 1990, presenting herself as unity figure in the wake of civil war and becoming the first woman elected to govern a Central ...

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, who brought peace to Nicaragua after decades of war and was the first woman elected president in the Americas, died Saturday at the age of 95, her family said.

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 ...