Violeta Chamorro
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 Violeta Chamorro facts

• She was the first and, to date, only woman to hold the position of president in Nicaragua
• Born into a landed family in southern Nicaragua, Chamorro was partially educated in the United States
• After returning to her home country, she married and raised a family
• Her husband, Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, was a journalist working at his family's newspaper, La Prensa, which he later inherited
• As a result of his anti-government stance, he was often jailed or exiled, forcing Chamorro to spend a decade following him abroad or visiting him in jail
• When he was assassinated in 1978, Chamorro took over the newspaper
• Pedro's murder sparked the Nicaraguan Revolution and his image, as wielded by his widow, became a powerful symbol for the opposition forces
• Initially, when the Sandinistas were victorious over Anastasio Somoza García, Chamorro fully supported them
• She agreed to become part of the provisional government established under the Junta of National Reconstruction (Spanish: Junta de Gobierno de Reconstrucción Nacional, JGRN); however, when the Junta began moving in a more radical direction and signed agreements with the Soviet Union, Chamorro resigned and returned to the newspaper
• Under her direction, La Prensa continued to criticize the government and its policies despite threats and government-forced shutdowns