Violeta Chamorro, who has died aged 95, was the first female president elected in the Americas. A conciliatory figure, she ...

With hundreds of the country’s reporters in exile, the press is under pressure like never before. But this outlet is ...

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

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.

Nicaragua already had two refineries and did not produce any oil. “Who are we going to sell to?” he asked. His boss, Lopez, told him not to worry about “bourgeois nonsense,” he recalled.

A protected wildlife refuge in Nicaragua has suffered a wave of deforestation in recent years, fueled by controversial land ...

After a Nicaraguan human rights activist who had fled to Costa Rica was killed, concern has grown that the Ortega government ...

The Nicaraguan government announced Wednesday that it has granted political asylum to a leader of Panama’s main construction union, who was facing an arrest warrant for alleged money laundering amid ...

U.S. efforts resulted in the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners including faith leaders in September 2024.

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 ...

Violeta Chamorro, Nicaragua's first female president, has died at 95. She unexpectedly entered politics after her husband's assassination, defeating the Sandinistas in a historic election.

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