Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, the first female president of Nicaragua, died early Saturday morning in Costa Rica at the age of ...

The first woman to lead a Central American country, she served in the 1990s after the nation had been shaken by political ...

Violeta Chamorro, whose 1990 upset victory made her Nicaragua's first female president — and ushered peace into civil ...

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A retired Nicaraguan army officer in exile who fiercely criticized authoritarian President Daniel Ortega was shot dead ...

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

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The Department of Homeland Security is notifying hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans that ...

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, the Nicaraguan leader whose rule in the 1990s marked the end of the country’s civil war and who ...