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Last month, we learned that the winner of Miss Universe was Nicaragua’s Sheynnis Palacios. The country’s first-ever Miss Universe win was met with celebration and flag waving in the capital Managua. But Cindy Regidor, a journalist with Confidencial, a Nicaraguan newsroom in exile, told The World’s host Marco Werman that the government saw the victory as a threat. The director of the country’s Miss Universe franchise is now charged with participating in a coup attempt by Nicaragua’s authoritarian government.