2 days ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Violeta Chamorro, Who Led Nicaragua's End to Cold-War Era Civil War, Dies at 94
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, Latin America's first elected female president whose stunning victory at the polls in 1990 helped bring an end to eight years of a civil war in Nicaragua that involved the U.S., has died at 94.
Doña Violeta, as she was known in Nicaragua, died after a long illness in Costa Rica, where she had been taken by her family in 2023. Her body will remain in Costa Rica until Nicaragua is again free and democratic, her family said.
