US EditionNicaragua's first female president Chamorro dies at 95
- Violeta Chamorro, Nicaragua's first female president, passed away at 95, as confirmed by her family in a statement.
- Chamorro was known as Doña Violeta and was pivotal in ending Nicaragua's civil war by ousting the ruling Sandinista party.
- She died peacefully in San Jose, Costa Rica, surrounded by her loved ones, according to her son, Carlos Fernando Chamorro.
- Born on October 18, 1929, in Rivas, Chamorro had little preparation for her role in politics.
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Chamorro marked a milestone in America when she became the first woman elected to be president
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) — Violeta Chamorro, a simple housewife thrust into Nicaraguan politics by the murder of her husband, stunned the world by overthrowing the ruling Sandinista Party in the presidential elections…
Mexico City.- Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, who in 1990 became the first woman President in Nicaragua and the American continent, died early Saturday morning at 95 years of age, in Costa Rica, reported her family in a statement. Chamorro, who suffered a brain embolism in 2018, had abandoned public life because of a tumor in the head and subsequent ailments. In October 2023 and under permanent medical assistance she was transferred to Costa Rica, …
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KMIZIn a joint note, the former Presidents of Costa Rica expressed their condolences this Saturday on the death of Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, former President of Nicaragua who ruled this country between 1990 and 1997.
The former presidents and the former president of the Republic of Costa Rica expressed their condolences this Saturday on the death of Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, former president of Nicaragua between 1990 and 1997, and extended their solidarity to the family.In a joint statement, Costa Rican ex-mandators paid tribute to the figure of Barrios de Chamorro, whom they described as a “admirable citizen who served with courage, dedication and honest…
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, president of Nicaragua between 1990 and 1997 and first woman elected to this post in Latin America, died on Saturday at the age of 95, in San José, Costa Rica, after a long illness, announced his family. ...
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