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

Violeta Chamorro, Nicaraguan leader who helped end civil war, dies at 95. She called for national reconciliation and, in 1990, became her country’s first female head of state.

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

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

Violeta Chamorro, whose 1990 upset victory made her Nicaragua's first female president — and ushered peace into civil war-ravaged Central America — was laid to rest this week after dying in exile in ...

Nicaragua is striving to overcome the after-effects of dictatorship, civil war and natural calamities, which have left it one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere.

Nicaragua. Nicaragua's Regime Wages War on Religious Freedom President Daniel Ortega's crackdown on religion is part of a broader attack on civil liberties.

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, an unlikely leader whose rise was fueled by her husband's murder, championed regional development and peace after years of civil war.

Barrios de Chamorro, a simple housewife thrust into Nicaraguan politics by the assassination of her husband and who, as president, ended a civil war, died on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in San José ...

Barrios de Chamorro, a simple housewife thrust into Nicaraguan politics by the assassination of her husband and who, as president, ended a civil war, died on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in San José ...