Nicaragua: Former President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro dead at 95
The president, who governed the country from 1990 to 1997, lived in Costa Rica to be with her children, exiled by Daniel Ortega's dictatorship.
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro. File image
(AFP) Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, who governed Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997 and was the first woman elected president in the Americas, died Saturday at 95 in San José, Costa Rica, after a long illness, her family announced.
"Doña Violeta passed away peacefully, surrounded by the affection and love of her children and the people who gave her extraordinary care," according to a statement signed by her four children.
Away from public life for two decades, she left Managua for San José in October 2023 to be near her children, three of the four banished from Nicaragua for opposing President Daniel Ortega.
"Her remains will rest temporarily in San José, Costa Rica, until Nicaragua becomes a republic again and her patriotic legacy can be honored in a free and democratic country," the statement stressed.
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