Word: argentinas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...city on the edge of anarchy. Almost daily, terrorists of the left and right kidnaped or murdered business executives, military officers and union leaders. Bombs ravaged army barracks, public buildings and vital industries. Under the inept government of Juan Perón 's widow Isabel, inflation in Argentina was galloping at an annual rate of 350%. The Treasury, down to its last foreign reserves, was about to default on its overseas debt. Then, on March 24, in a bloodless, clockwork coup, the military deposed Isabel Peron from the presidency. Led by the Commander in Chief of the army, Jorge...
Neither of the junta's aims has been wholly achieved. But a year after the coup, Argentina's military government has brought the country from paralysis to the edge of hope. Terrorism sputters on, but Argentines have learned to cope with it, even ignore it. Buenos Aires' boutiques and restaurants are jammed. The economy, though troubled, shows encouraging signs of strength. Proudly, President Videla claims, "We have progressed a lot in a short time, but we have a long...
Freewheeling Style. The story is much the same in Latin America. From Rio, TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand cables that Carter's concern with human rights at first prompted the Chilean and Argentine regimes to grant dissenters a bit more leeway. But in the past week "Argentina barred those held under the state-of-siege regulations from leaving the country-an option they had before. In Chile, the official state of siege has been extended for six more months, and last week the Christian Democratic Party and three other political groups were outlawed...
Died. Antonino Rocca, 49, flamboyant wrestler who claimed that he knew "the secret of life" (good blood circulation) and would live to be 150; of a urinary tract infection; in Manhattan. Born in Italy, Rocca grew up in Argentina and became one of its most popular wrestlers. He moved to the U.S. in 1949, delighting millions of fans around the ring and on TV with his barefoot dropkick, in which he leaped into the air, pummeling his opponent with both feet...
Others who will be there are Brother Blue, famous storyteller and regaler of children, adults and subway riders; Carlos Larzarte, a folksong singer from Argentina; and Pete Smith, who plays the guitar and dulcimer and recorded an album with an assist from Harvard's own Dave Heilbroner...