Nicaragua's former President Violeta Chamorro dies at 95, family says Violeta Chamorro, an unassuming homemaker who was thrust into national politics by her husband’s assassination and stunned ...

Reuters Former Costa Rica's president Oscar Arias attends the funeral Mass for Nicaragua's first female president, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, who died in exile in Costa Rica, at the Sagrado ...

FILE - Nicaragua's new President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro flashes vee signs as outgoing President Daniel Ortega applauds after placing the presidential sash on her, in Managua, April 25, 1990 ...

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 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 ...

The country’s first female president, known as Doña Violeta to both supporters and detractors, presided over the Central American nation’s uneasy transition to peace.

FILE - Nicaragua's new President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro flashes vee signs as outgoing President Daniel Ortega applauds after placing the presidential sash on her, in Managua, April 25, 1990.

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 ...