A roundup of notable obituaries from the week ending June 20.

Chamorro put her country on the path to democracy in the difficult years following the Sandinista revolution of 1979, which had toppled the US-backed right-wing regime of Anastasio Somoza.

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

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

After the Sandinista Revolution of 1979, her rejection of the dictatorship led her to participate in the first Government Junta of National Reconstruction, where she met the then—and still ...

Chamorro put her country on the path to democracy in the difficult years following the Sandinista revolution of 1979, which had toppled a US-backed right-wing regime.