Buckle up as we cover the wild story of Dominican politician Eugenia Charles the first woman elected as head of Government in the Americas. The Klu Klax Klan tried to overthrow the Dominican government in 1981, and it wasn’t the only attempted coup that year. We discuss why she’s called the “Iron Lady of the Caribbean” as well as discussing ‘Operation Red Dog’ on today’s episode.

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