Violeta Chamorro’s daughter, Cristiana Chamorro, was held under house arrest for months in Nicaragua and then convicted of ...

Before the assassination of her husband, the editor of the only independent newspaper in Nicaragua, Violeta Chamorro was ...

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

Former Nicaraguan president Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua after years of war and was the first woman ...

Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua after decades of war and was the first woman elected president in the ...

Husband’s assassination. Born Violeta Barrios Torres on Oct. 18, 1929, in the southwestern city of Rivas, Chamorro had little by way of preparation for the public eye.

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

Violeta Chamorro, an unassuming homemaker who was thrust into national politics by her husband's assassination and stunned the world by ousting the ruling Sandinista party in presidential ...

Violeta Chamorro, an unassuming homemaker who was thrust into politics by her husband’s assassination and became president of Nicaragua, has died at 95, her family said.

Violeta Chamorro’s daughter, Cristiana Chamorro, was held under house arrest for months in Nicaragua and then convicted of money laundering and other charges as Ortega moved to clear the field ...