Word: argentina
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...consternation" over the widening hostilities, and the French Council of Ministers called for a U.N.-negotiated settlement. The Italian government was more circumspect in its pronouncements, but popular pressure for a rethinking of all-out support for Britain was increasing; one reason was that at least 42% of Argentina's population is of Italian descent, and commercial ties between the two countries are strong...
...London, there was a growing fear that Western Europe might decide to discontinue its economic sanctions against Argentina, which must be renewed on May 17 at a foreign ministers' meeting. West Germany has already dropped hints that it might press for lifting sanctions. One Itallian source within the European Community suggested, however, that they would be renewed, but with a time limit: "No more than another month, perhaps just a couple of weeks...
...international support we have been losing." The British looked first to Haig, who in turn found a mediator in Peruvian President Fernando Belaunde Terry. The use of Belaúnde as an intermediary seemed to have several advantages. Peru is a Latin American country with traditionally friendly ties to Argentina. When the threat of war first emerged, the Peruvian Congress voted to send military supplies to Argentina. Belaunde, however, is a democratic moderate with close personal ties...
...American car painted in Peruvian colors with Haig in the driver's seat." The chief elements of the package were 1) a cease-fire with a simultaneous Argentine withdrawal from the islands and a pullback of the British fleet; 2) an end to economic sanctions against Argentina imposed by Britain's supporters; 3) establishment of an interim U.S.-Brazilian-West German-Peruvian authority for the Falklands while the two disputing countries negotiate ultimate sovereignty over the territory. Belaúnde's chief contribution to the plan was to simplify some aspects of the U.S. ideas...
Significantly, the Secretary-General's plan made no mention of the issue of ultimate sovereignty. Argentina was insisting that sovereignty is nonnegotiable, and Britain maintained that any settlement must respect the self-determination of the 1,800 Falkland Islanders, who are heavily in favor of remaining British. Pérez de Cuéllar set a midweek target for British and Argentine responses to his ideas, and a closed-door informal meeting of the U.N. Security Council was called the following day to consider the issue...