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Nicaragua’s First Female President Dies | Nigaragua News
Violeta Chamorro, Nicaragua’s first female president and a towering figure in its democratic transition, has died at 95. Rising from homemaker to leader after her husband’s assassination, she steered the nation out of civil war, oversaw the longest single term for an elected Nicaraguan leader, and peacefully handed power to another civilian — a rare feat in a country steeped in authoritarian history. Her legacy includes founding a journalism foundation that was later shut down under Ortega’s regime, and her family continues to face exile and repression. Her election in 1990 on a platform of…
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