Word: argentina
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...Argentina invaded the Falklands last week, expelled the British governor general and about 100 British marines and established a military government. The islands, located 250 miles off the southern tip of Argentina, had been a British colony for 150 years...
...will begin a blockade of the Falklands next week. Britain's Secretary John Nott declared English ships will sink any Argentine vessels within 200 miles of the archipelago. And Secretary of State Alexander Haig flew to London yesterday to confer with the British government and will go to Argentina this weekend...
...There is little doubt that England is not going to settle unless Argentina makes very visible concessions. The fact that there seems to be much public sentiment in England for action makes the situation potentially very dangerous," said John S. Odell, professor of Government...
...State Department official said that Washington is "very concerned about the dispute. Both Britain and Argentina are our allies, and we would like to avoid offending either one. This might not he so easy," because of the uncompromising stances which each nation has taken...
...They are obsessed with totalitarianism, but what they forget about is fascism. Go ask the president of the Conservative Club if he thinks there's fascism in the world today and he will say no. But how else can you explain the government of El Salvador, the government of Argentina, of Guatemala, of the Philippines, of south Africa. There is fascism in the world today and America is supporting, financing and subsidizing it... I don't think you can turn your back on Guatemala and say. "Look at Leonid Brezhnev; he's such a bad gay." It's a smoke...