Word: argentina
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina--President Raul Alfonsin announced yesterday he had obtained the surrender of dozens of armed rebel soldiers after meeting with their leader at the military base where they had been holed up for three days...
...house is in order and there is no blood in Argentina," he told the crowd...
...Angelical tells three seemingly unconnected stories of three women. They are an enigmatic Austrian-born movie star of the 1940s described only as "the most beautiful woman in the world," a conscripted state prostitute named W218 in a future world reshaped by geological disaster, and Ana, a refugee from Argentina being treated for cancer in Mexico City...
...channel. Pinochet is eager to show he is not a pariah and hopes the goodwill extended to John Paul by ordinary Chileans will rub off on him. Chile's bishops had initially invited the Pope to come and celebrate the peaceful resolution of a territorial dispute between Chile and Argentina that nearly led to war before a Vatican- brokered peace agreement was signed in 1984. John Paul, who is no stranger to powerful military rulers -- from former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos to Poland's Wojciech Jaruzelski and Haiti's former President-for-Life Jean- Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier...
...water cannons. Some heard gunshots ring out. At least 161 people were injured. The Pontiff continued to speak but at times held his head in sorrow, and later declared, "Love is stronger than hate." After leaving Santiago, John Paul visited six other Chilean cities before departing for Argentina, where church and state are at odds over government efforts to legalize divorce and rein in trade unions...