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With that, Arslanian pronounced Jorge Rafael Videla, 60, President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981, and his navy commander, Admiral Emilio Massera, 60, guilty of homicide, illegal detention and other human rights violations. The two were stripped of their military rank and sentenced to life imprisonment. Three co-defendants, including Roberto Viola, 61, who succeeded Videla as President, were found guilty of lesser charges, deprived of military rank and given sentences ranging from 4 1/2 to 17 years. The remaining four officers--among them General Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri, 59, who as President from 1981 to 1982 initiated the ill-fated...
...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...