Latin America’s first elected female president won a surprise victory over Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega and demobilized army troops.

Violeta Chamorro’s daughter, Cristiana Chamorro, was held under house arrest for months in Nicaragua and then convicted of money laundering and other charges as Ortega moved to

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 civil war,