JUBILANT: Thirty years ago, Margarite Chamorro de...
JUBILANT: Thirty years ago, Margarite Chamorro de Folano Rose left Nicaragua, just a doll in her hand. . . . With the upset victory of her aunt, Nicaraguan President-elect Violeta Barrios de Chamorro (A1), Rose now is contemplating her first visit home. “I didn’t think she would live till the elections--I thought she would have been assassinated,” said the 40-year-old Newport Beach real estate agent. Rose said her aunt now has “a chance to turn that place around.”
For the record:
12:00 a.m. March 2, 1990 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Friday March 2, 1990 Orange County Edition Metro Part B Page 2 Column 5 Metro Desk 2 inches; 37 words Type of Material: Correction
Newswatch--The name of Newport Beach real estate agent Margarita Chamorro de Solano Rose and her relationship to Nicaraguan president-elect Violeta Barrios de Chamorro were described incorrectly in Thursday’s Newswatch column. Rose is a cousin to Chamorro.
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