Word: argentina
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last Wednesday, a bomb exploded in the posh Belgrano district of Buenos Aires, shattering the windows of an apartment building. Less than 19 hours later, President Raul Alfonsin gazed somberly into a television camera and addressed the people of Argentina. "Professionals of violence," he claimed, were attempting to undermine his government by "creating insecurity, the sensation of impunity, generating the idea that democracy is incapable of defending its citizens." Over the previous six weeks, he charged, these "demented phantoms" had been responsible for 1,806 bomb warnings and 42 explosions. But, he warned, they would not prevail...
...violent retort came on the second anniversary of Alfonsin's spectacular electoral victory, which heralded Argentina's return to democracy after nearly eight grueling, and often bloody, years of military rule. By all rights, Alfonsin should have spent the day celebrating. A recent opinion poll shows that he enjoys a popularity rating of 74%. Argentina's inflation rate, which reached 30% last June, was pared down to just 2% in October. Moreover, Alfonsin's attempts to restore public confidence in the rule of law have met with success. Indeed, last week Argentina was about to hold its first midterm congressional...
...long time before Alfonsin's suspicions are allayed. Two of the civilian suspects remain in hiding. So does former Army General Guillermo Suarez Mason, | whom Alfonsin believes to be the ringleader of the alleged conspiracy. Government spokesmen said that Suarez Mason has a home in Florida and that Argentina has asked for his extradition. A U.S. official, however, said he knew nothing of such a request...
...juniors participating in the tour will represent many of top squash playing countries in the world--Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Australia, Pakistan, India, Israel, Egypt, Sweden, Norway and Finland...
...Argentina, prosecution efforts have been hindered further by a general amnesty declared by the outgoing military junta in 1982. The bill absolved perpetrators of human rights violations of their offenses...