FILE - In this Sept. 17, 1989 file photo, Nicaraguan presidential candidate Violeta Chamorro raises her arms as she receives a warm welcome from some 2,000 Nicaraguan exiles who turned out in Miami ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Violeta Chamorro, an unassuming homemaker who was thrust into politics by her husband’s assassination and stunned the world by ousting the ruling Sandinista party in ...

MEXICO CITYMEXICO CITY — A judge in Nicaragua convicted Cristiana Chamorro, a journalist, potential presidential contender and daughter of former President Violeta Chamorro, of money laundering and ...

FILE - Nicaraguan presidential candidate Violeta Chamorro raises her arms as she receives a warm welcome during her visit to Miami on Sept. 17, 1989. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Violeta Chamorro, an ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Former Nicaraguan President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro was in “delicate condition” in a Managua hospital early Tuesday after suffering a cerebral embolism, her family said.