Carlos Fernando Chamorro Barrios


Carlos Fernando Chamorro Barrios is a Nicaraguan independent investigative journalist. He is the founder and editor of Confidencial, a news web site and weekly publication combining investigative journalism and analyses of current affairs. Chamorro is the youngest son of former president of Nicaragua Violeta Barrios de Chamorro and Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, a Nicaraguan journalist and editor of La Prensa who was shot to death in January 1978 during the Somoza regime.
In January 2019, Chamorro went into exile in Costa Rica, after the police raid of Confidencial's offices on 14 December 2018.