Word: argentina
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rebellion kicked up by Juan Peron's followers. The mood is languorous, but the snake of sensuality curls under the loose garments of the ruling class. When Miss Mary, out of pity and passion, takes the girls' handsome older brother to bed, the family must dismiss her, as Argentina under Peron will soon purge itself of the British influence...
MOST DASHING Diego Armando Maradona, Argentina's "Little Onion," made the World Cup his own. His penultimate goal, against England, climaxed a broken- field run worthy of Gale Sayers...
...bankers are already uneasy about De Larosiere's last big initiative, a $12.5 billion rescue package for Mexico that called for private creditors to accept a stretched-out payment schedule for about half the country's $98 billion debt. The creditors fear that other major debtors, like Brazil and Argentina, will demand similar concessions. Camdessus' main challenge is to continue the delicate process of helping Third World debtors reduce their obligations, while avoiding the spark that could ignite a destructive chain reaction of defaults...
After 74 days and 1,000 deaths, the 1982 war between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands ended in a formal British victory, right? Wrong. While the British did defeat the Argentines in battle, no cease-fire was ever signed between the two belligerents, so technically the war goes...
...Argentina last week proposed an end to hostilities and a resumption of normal diplomatic relations if Britain would lift a 150-mile protective zone around the Falkland Islands that keeps out Argentine ships. Argentina also wanted to discuss the sovereignty of the British-held Falklands (pop. 2,000), which Argentina claims and calls Las Malvinas...