The first woman to lead a Central American country, she served in the 1990s after the nation had been shaken by political strife. By Stephen Kinzer Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, who rose to the ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — 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 ...

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 involved the ...

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, an ...

Former Nicaraguan president Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, afflicted by health problems and who turns 94 on Wednesday, was transferred on Tuesday from Managua to Costa Rica, where two of her four ...

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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Reuters) -Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, the first female president of Nicaragua, died early Saturday morning in Costa Rica at the ...

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 Saturday ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — 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 ...