Word: argentinas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Just about the only real growth industry in inflation-racked Argentina these days is the security business. The unceasing wave of terrorism has created a booming market for private armies of security agents who follow likely targets of guerrilla violence around the city during the day and watch over their sleep at night. The guards wear bullet-proof vests and carry shotguns, often discreetly wrapped in brown paper. On the street their coats bulge over hidden hand grenades. They stand guard in front of hotel rooms, communicating by walkie-talkie with their colleagues outside. Trip wires and hidden microphones protect...
...Argentina drifts into chaos, union leaders, government officials, diplomats and foreign corporation executives all have reason to fear for their lives. The uncertainty was compounded last week when President Isabel Peron returned home from the hospital amidst persistent rumors that she was about to resign. So far this year more than 700 people have died through political violence, and unofficial estimates put kidnapings at over 250. Largely as a result, Buenos Aires now has 200 or so licensed protection agencies, although most of the business is done by a dozen top firms. One of the largest is Organization Seguridad Integral...
...most heavily guarded buildings in Buenos Aires are the U.S. embassy and residence; 250 men, including Marines, federal police and contract guards, take turns providing security for the embassy and its staff. All 90 American employees are linked by a radio network 24 hours a day, and newcomers to Argentina are urged to live in a central residential area patrolled by embassy cars. Like most ranking Argentine politicians, U.S. Ambassador Robert C. Hill travels in an armored car, surrounded by a flotilla of heavily armed vehicles. The armor for many of the vulnerable VIPs is provided by Protection Argentina...
Responsible leaders of the Peronist movement privately-and sometimes publicly-admit that they have not much time to get Argentina's house in order. Victorio Calabro, governor of Buenos Aires province, stirred up a hornet's nest of recrimination recently when he declared: "We won't make it to [the national elections hi] '77 if we go on this way." Even Mrs. Perón's closest adviser, Angel F. Robledo, who as Interior Minister emerged as the new strongman during her absence, admits as much. "It doesn't matter who is interim President...
...Argentina, a representative of the United Nations' High Commission for Refugees thoughtfully brought pizzas and Coke to ten men who were holding 14 of his colleagues at gunpoint in the commission's Buenos Aires office...