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

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.

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. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua after decades of war and was the first woman elected president in the Americas, died Saturday at the age of 95, her family said.

A retired Nicaraguan army officer in exile who fiercely criticized authoritarian President Daniel Ortega was shot dead Thursday in neighboring Costa Rica, his family and officials said.

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That conflict made Nicaragua one of the big proxy battlegrounds of the Cold ... she defeated Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista guerrilla leader and icon who is now president again. Ortega has been in ...