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How a World Famous Ballerina Plotted to Overthrow the Government of Panama

from PRI's The World Apr 30, 2013 · host The World

The British dancer Margot Fonteyn was one of the world's most renowned ballerinas. She was married to the son of a former president of Panama and, in 1959, the two took part in a coup attempt intended to overthrow the pro-American government there. It involved sanitary towels. It failed. More at The World

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