After defeating Daniel Ortega at the polls in February 1990, she became the first elected woman president in the Americas.

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, the Nicaraguan leader whose rule in the 1990s marked the end of the country’s civil war and who ...

Violeta Chamorro, who was thrust into national politics by her husband's assassination and stunned the world by ousting the ...

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, an unlikely leader whose rise was fueled by her husband's murder, championed regional ...

Latin America’s first elected female president won a surprise victory over Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega and demobilized ...