Word: argentina
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After weeks of intense negotiation, Haig had admitted failure in the U.S. effort to bring about a diplomatic settlement in the Falklands crisis. He left no doubt that the blame lay with the aggressor, Argentina, and announced that the U.S. was finally abandoning its formal stance of neutrality in the dispute. Effective immediately, the U.S. was joining 14 other Western nations in imposing some form of economic sanctions on Argentina...
...Suspending all military exports to Argentina...
...State finished making his statement in Washington Friday morning, Argentine Foreign Minister Nicanor Costa Méndez appeared at the United Nations to declare that his country "is always willing" to comply with an April 3 U.N. Security Council resolution calling for cessation of hostilities between Britain and Argentina, for Argentine
...withdrawal of its occupying troops from the Falklands and for negotiations between the parties. He went on, however, to declare that Argentina's claim of sovereignty over the islands, which Argentina calls the Malvinas, is "non-negotiable...
Like many Britons, Pym was pleased at the long-expected news that the U.S., which had tried for weeks to mediate the Falklands dispute, had officially moved to support its staunchest ally. Said Pym: "To have the world's most powerful state on our side must make Argentina see that aggression cannot pay. The British people are deeply grateful to the U.S., and especially to Mr. Haig for his remarkable efforts...