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. The eldest daughter of a land-owning family, she was ...

Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro receives an AK-47 assault rifle from a member of the contra forces to symbolize the end of the insurgency on June 9, 1990, in El Almendro, Nicaragua.© Peter ...

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, Nicaragua's first female president who ended a brutal civil war and oversaw the country's transition to democracy in the 1990s, died peacefully in Costa Rica on June ...

Violeta Chamorro (C) ruled Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997 David AKE Nicaragua's Violeta Chamorro, seen here in 2007, was known for a soft-spoken conciliatory style as she ruled a country ravaged by war ...

Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro appealed Tuesday for U.S. financial aid and renewed interest in her broken and nearly forgotten nation, which once was an obsession of the White House and Cong… ...

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 1989 file photo, Nicaraguan presidential candidate Violeta Chamorro raises her arms as she receives a warm welcome from some 2,000 Nicaraguan exiles who turned out in ...

With the help of a cane, Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro walked out of a Baltimore hospital after surgery for a spinal infection. She plans to return home after a week of rest, she said. &#82… ...

FILE - Former Nicaraguan President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro smiles during an interview at her home in Managua, Oct. 19, 2006. Barrios de Chamorro, a simple housewife thrust into Nicaraguan ...

Nicaragua’s former President Violeta Chamorro dies at 95, family says By: The Associated Press Posted: 12:33 PM CDT Saturday, Jun. 14, 2025 Last Modified: 12:59 PM CDT Saturday, Jun. 14, 2025 ...

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 presidential elections and ending ...