The former president of Nicaragua Violet Barrios de Chamorrothe first head of state democratically chosen in America and the woman who defeated the former Sandinista Daniel Ortega in the polls in 1990, He died this Saturday in Costa Rica at age 95, their children reported.
“The Chamorro Barrios family reports that our violet mother Barrios de Chamorro, former president of Nicaragua, He died today June 14, 2025 at 2:21 in the morning (08:21 GMT) in San José de Costa Rica, at the age of 95, after a long illness, “announced their children Pedro Joaquín, Claudia Lucía, Cristiana and Carlos Fernando, all Chamorro Barrios, in a message.
“Doña Violeta He died in peace, surrounded by love and love of their children and the people who gave him an extraordinary care, and now he is in the peace of the Lord, “children stood out on the religious ceremony that will be held in San José “To celebrate your love life and generosity with his family and his beloved homeland Nicaragua. “
“Your remains will rest temporarily In San José, Costa Rica, Until Nicaragua is again a Republic, and its patriotic legacy can be honored in a free and democratic country, “they announced.
The children of the ex -president thanked “the Nicaraguans, in all parts of the world, for their prayers and their solidarity, and especially the people and the government of Costa Rica, who welcomed her during these last years of her life.”
Born on October 18, 1929 in the city of Rivas, In the South Pacific of Nicaragua, Violeta Barrios Torres, known as Violeta Chamorro for her husband’s first name, the journalist Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, was sick after suffering a stroke seven years ago.
Two years ago, before being transferred by air from Managua to San José, He had remained in his residence, in the Las Palmas neighborhoodin the Nicaraguan capital, “under the care and love of your family, accompanied by specialized health personnel,” according to the Chamorro Barrios family.
The family explained then that as of October 2023, “Doña Violeta” would be established in San José “under the care and love of his family, with the accompaniment of health personnel and specialized doctors.”
With 54.7 % of the votes, Chamorro (1990-1997), Widow of the also national hero Pedro Joaquín Chamorro CardenalSandinista Daniel Ortega, who then sought re -election and who since 2007 is president of Nicaragua.
By surprisingly defeating Ortega, When she appeared as a presidency candidate for an extinct coalition of 14 parties that formed the National Opposition Union (one), became the first woman president of Nicaragua and the American continent elected by popular vote.
“Doña Violeta”, as it is affectionately called, married in 1950 with Cardenal Chamorro, killed on January 10, 1978 in the streets of Managua by hitmen paid by the regime of the overthrown president Anastasio Somoza Debayle.
