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Chamorro, whose 1990 upset victory made her Nicaragua's first female president — and ushered peace into civil war-ravaged Central America — was laid to rest.

Washington lifted trade sanctions and promised aid to rebuild the nation’s ravaged economy, and by June the 19,000-strong Contra army had been disbanded, formally ending an eight-year war.

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, an unlikely leader whose rise was fueled by her husband's murder, championed regional development and peace after years of civil war.

Violeta Chamorro, who has died aged 95, was not only Nicaragua’s first female president, serving from 1990 until 1997, but the first woman to be elected head of state in the Americas; her ...

Washington lifted trade sanctions and promised aid to rebuild the nation’s ravaged economy, and by June the 19,000-strong Contra army had been disbanded, formally ending an eight-year war.

As president, Chamorro managed to bring to an end a civil war that had raged for much of the 1980s as US-backed rebels known as the ‘Contras’ fought the leftist Sandinista government.

As president, Chamorro managed to bring to an end a civil war that had raged for much of the 1980s as US-backed rebels known as the ‘Contras’ fought the leftist Sandinista government.

Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua after years of war and was the first woman elected president in the Americas, died Saturday at the age of 95, her family said.