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Chamorro, Violeta Barrios de
as president of Nicaragua
election victory
her predecessor
opposition to Sandinistas
picture of Violeta Chamorro
1990: Nicaragua
This year brought changes greater than any Nicaragua had witnessed since the revolution of 1979. Presidential and legislative elections in February saw the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front voted out of office, and by midyear the rebel contras were demobilized. The Sandinistas, however,...
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