Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal was a Nicaraguan journalist and publisher. He was the editor of La Prensa,the only significant opposition newspaper to the long rule of the Somoza family. He is a 1977 laureate of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize of Columbia University in New York. He married Violeta Barrios de Chamorro,who later went on to become President of Nicaragua (1990–1997). In 1978,he was shot to death,one of the precipitating events of the overthrow of the Somoza regime the following year.
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas was a Nicaraguan military figure and politician who served as President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1917 to 1 January 1921,and again as interim president from 14 March to 11 November 1926.
JoséFruto Chamorro Pérez was a Nicaraguan politician and military scientist who served as 10th Supreme Director of Nicaragua and 1st President of Nicaragua.
JoséVicente De la Cuadra y Ruy Lugo served as President of Nicaragua from 1 March 1871 to 1 March 1875 during that country's late-19th-century reconstruction. As a member of the Conservative Party,he governed in the early years of the era to be known as the Thirty Five Years of Conservatism in Nicaragua's political history. Cuadra's family had roots in Nicaragua since the days of the conquistadors. The Cuadra family's wealth and power came from interests in banking,agriculture,and mining. During most of his lifetime,Vicente Cuadra was one of the richest landowners in the country.
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro was the President of Nicaragua from 1 March 1875 to 1 March 1879 and a member of the conservative dominant oligarchy Chamorro family.
The Conservative Party was a conservative political party in Nicaragua. Its slogan is “Dios,Orden,Justicia”,often depicted on the three sides of a triangle.
Fernando Chamorro Alfaro was a General and member of the governing junta of Nicaragua (1860–1863).
Emilio Á|lvarez Lejarza was a Nicaraguan government official and jurist.
The name Chamorro may be both a patronym and a matronym. In Spanish speaking countries,the patronym is usually followed by the matronym to more precisely identify an individual. In English speaking countries,the matronym is frequently omitted,resulting in ambiguity. Omission of a given second or middle name further obfuscates an individual's identity.
JoséCoronel Urtecho was a Nicaraguan poet,translator,essayist,critic,narrator,playwright,diplomat and historian. He has been described as "the most influential Nicaraguan thinker of the twentieth century". After an attraction to fascism in the 1930s,he became a strong supporter of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in 1977.
The Colegio Centro América is a private Catholic school located in Managua,Nicaragua. Founded by the Jesuits in the city of Granada in 1916,the school serves as an elementary,middle,and high school. The school quickly became the preferred boarding school for children of elite families. To this day,the school is considered to be one of the best schools in the country.
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to Nicaragua.
Xavier Chamorro Cardenal was a Nicaraguan journalist. He began his career working at his father’s newspaper,La Prensa,and in 1980 became founding editor and publisher of El Nuevo Diario,a competitor newspaper.
Pablo Antonio Cuadra was a Nicaraguan essayist,art and literary critic,playwright,graphic artist and one of the most famous poets of Nicaragua.
Claudia Lucía Chamorro Barrios is a Nicaraguan writer,public health official,and former ambassador of Nicaragua to Cuba and Costa Rica. She served as a diplomat on behalf of the Sandinista government in the 1980s. She later became a critic of the FSLN. She is the author of a memoir,Tiempo de Vivir.
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Barrios is a Nicaraguan journalist and politician. He began his career in journalism working at La Prensa,following the 1978 assassination of its editor,his father,Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal. Working on the side of the Contras in exile in the 1980s,he returned to the country in 1989 when his mother Violeta Barrios de Chamorro ran for president,and following her election,served as a Nicaraguan ambassador. He later became defense minister. In the 21st century,Chamorro has been a city councilor for Managua and deputy in the National Assembly,also for Managua. On 25 June 2021,he became part of a wave of arrests of opposition and civic figures in Nicaragua.
Pedro Xavier Molina Blandón is a Nicaraguan political cartoonist who has worked for the news outlet Confidencial.
Jaime Chamorro Cardenal was a Nicaraguan newspaper editor and publisher. A civil engineer by training,journalism was the family business,as his father owned the newspaper La Prensa. Chamorro joined La Prensa in 1974,where he worked for 47 years and served as publisher for 28,from 1993 until his death in 2021.
