The transformation of the old Union Club in Casco Antiguo into a 154-room hotel continues. The project is being executed in two stages, said Director of the National Heritage Office of the National Institute of Culture. First, the volume and architectural features of the old Union Club will be restored to accommodate the hotel’s...
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British ballerina Margot Fonteyn and her husband, Panamanian diplomat Roberto Arias, once clandestinely plotted to overthrow Panama’s government with the support of Fidel Castro. Recently declassified documents of the United Kingdom’s National Archives reveal that in April of 1959, Fonteyn, her husband and accomplices sailed for Panama on their yacht, carrying large amounts of...
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