Word: argentina
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...They don't care anything about Latin girls," cried Miss Ecuador before the judging. "The European girls get better food, and they are the ones who are photographed," sobbed Miss Argentina. Sure enough, Miss Sweden, Margareta Arvidsson, 18, was crowned Miss Universe in Miami. No pleasing some people-she wept too. "I don't want it," she groaned. "Now I won't be able to go anywhere without a chaperone." By next morning the sea captain's daughter had recovered. Said she: "I don't remember anything about last night...
...policy in Latin America is to encourage democratic governments and frown on military coups. That policy is, however, leavened by a considerable amount of pragmatism. And so it was that last week, after 18 days of icy reserve, Washington formally recognized the military government that had toppled Argentina's President Arturo Illia...
...Ongania is expected to announce a series of "directives" spelling out a program of austerity and reform. Reports say they will include a sharp cutback on state employment, special export credits to stimulate foreign trade, more public housing, complete overhaul of Illia's disastrous oil policy that forced Argentina to import petroleum for the first time in years, and reorganization of the country's food-distribution system to eliminate middlemen and help blunt the cost-of-living spiral...
...gave away no vital secrets, but in a newspaper interview Harel did reveal that he personally was on the spot in Argentina in 1960 to supervise the snatching of Adolf Eichmann...
After nine months of trying to unify the warring factions among her husband's followers in Argentina, Isabel Perón, 35, found that her efforts had come to precious little: the recent military coup led to the dissolution of all political parties. So Isabel rejoined el líder in his Spanish exile. She was met with a lengthy embrace from unwan Juan, looking less than his 70 years, and the couple went off for "a second honeymoon." Their transportation: a black Mercedes that is registered in the U.S. to avoid Spanish import duties. Old dictators know...