Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal

Nicaraguan journalist

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1924

Place of Birth: Granada, Granada Department, Nicaragua

Date of Death: 10-Jan-1978

Profession: writer, politician, journalist

Nationality: Nicaragua

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal (23 September 1924 Granada, Nicaragua – 10 January 1978 Managua) 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 the University of Columbia (New York).
He married Violeta Barrios de Chamorro who later went on to become President of Nicaragua (1990-1996).
In 1978, he was shot to death, one of the precipitating events of the overthrow of the Somoza regime the following year.