Before the assassination of her husband, the editor of the only independent newspaper in Nicaragua, Violeta Chamorro was scarcely involved in politics. But as the country descended into revolution and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first woman to lead a Central American country, she served in the 1990s after the nation had been shaken by political strife. By Stephen Kinzer Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, who rose to the ...

The Chamorro language is now more accessible than ever, thanks to a locally made website that teaches the native tongue. LearningChamorro.com is an online, learner-driven resource geared towards ...

For me, the Chamorro language is a gift. It is a gift thousands of years in the making. It represents a map that can take us back in time, where small sounds and grammatical harmonies represent clues, ...

Chamorro speakers on Guam are dwindling. “I speak Chamorro and I want my children and husband, all born here, to also know how to speak the language. We’re hoping to close the gap,” Kayla ...

At the end of every year, the students and staff members of the University of Guam’s Chamorro Studies program showcase Guam’s holiday traditions through Puengan Minagof Nochebuena. “Puengen minagof ...

Following the surprise resignation of Carlos Zarlenga as the top leader of General Motors in South America last week, the automaker just appointed Santiago Chamorro as the new President and CEO of GM ...

Police in Nicaragua raided the home of opposition figure Cristiana Chamorro on Wednesday and placed her under house arrest in a move viewed by critics as an attempt by the federal government to block ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Police on Wednesday arrested Cristiana Chamorro, the leading opposition candidate for president, in the latest in a string of moves that have curtailed any challenge to President ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — 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 ...