Some of this activity survived well after the election of President Violeta Chamorro in 1990.
Every Wednesday night, after the sun kisses the Pacific Ocean goodnight, the Chamorro Village in Hagatna comes alive.
In 1990, Violeta Chamorro was sworn in as president of Nicaragua having defeated Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega.
Chamorro not only reduce the size of the existing Nicaraguan military establishment (2) but that she announce the creation of an entirely new national army.
Chamorro to compromise her mandate or share it with the Sandinistas.
Carlos Chamorro, editor of Confidencial, a Nicaraguan magazine, says that Mr Vidaurre lost support in his party, having failed to come up with money or alliances.
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The ethnic mix of Guam's population is 40 percent indigenous Chamorro people, 25 percent Filipino and the rest is a blend of Pacific Islanders, Asians and whites.
Recent Census data also reflects that the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community experienced a significant growth rate of 50 percent, with the Guamanian or Chamorro community comprising the largest Texas community, followed by Native Hawaiians.
The best place to order the breakfast dish, and other island staples, is the King's Restaurant, which looks like any ordinary American diner until the meal begins with a "Hafa Adai" greeting from the waiter ("hello" in Chamorro).
Will the Sandinistas try to coerce the victorious President-elect Chamorro into accepting what would amount to a coalition government, with Sandinista officials in key positions such as those controlling (and staffing) the military, the secret police, the banks, educational institutions, and the media, communications and transportation sectors of the economy?
Beyond the archipelago, her ability to overcome force without resorting to violence made her a role model for an ever-lengthening line of women leaders--Violeta Chamorro, Benazir Bhutto, Chandrika Kumaratunga, Khaleda Zia, Megawati Sukarnoputri, Aung San Suu Kyi--who, like her, were thrust into public life by the violent fates that befell husbands and fathers.
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