Violeta Chamorro, who was thrust into national politics by her husband’s assassination and stunned the world by ousting the ruling Sandinista party, has died.

A new policy brief released by Open Doors has exposed as a systematic campaign of repression against Christian communities in ...

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.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — 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, Nicaraguan leader who helped end civil war, dies at 95 She called for national reconciliation and, in 1990, became her country’s first female head of state.

A retired Nicaraguan military officer turned outspoken critic of President Daniel Ortega has been shot to death at his home in Costa Rica. Roberto Samcam, 67, had been living in exile since July ...

Dissatisfied with the direction things were taking, Barrios de Chamorro resigned from the Junta, which had been dominated by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), and criticized them ...

The killing, widely believed to have been ordered by Somoza, galvanized the opposition and fueled the popular revolt led by Ortega’s Sandinista National Liberation Front that toppled the ...

June 14 (Reuters) - 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. Chamorro ...