Violeta Chamorro, an unassuming homemaker who was thrust into politics by her husband's assassination and stunned the world ...

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

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 ...