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

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. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The first woman to lead a Central American country, she served in the 1990s after the nation had been shaken by political ...