Global Investigative Journalism Network: A New Digital Archive to Preserve an Investigative Legacy in Central America. “For more than a quarter century, elPeriódico was Guatemala’s boldest daily newspaper, proudly describing itself as ‘the most aggressive, least complacent, most critical and nonconformist counterweight to abuses of public power’ among the country’s news media…. […]

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#OnThisDay, 25 Apr 1990, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro becomes the first woman to be elected President of Nicaragua. She served for six years, stabilising the economy.

Chamorro's husband had been a leader in the opposition to the Somoza regime, and was murdered in 1978. Chamorro took over his work and was alongside revolutionary leader Daniel Ortega when the Sandinista took control of the county. She then became critical of Ortega's rule.