Word: argentinas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some notable achievements to boast about: inflation had been cut from 80% to 30%, wages raised 13%, and the nation's pride had been given a boost when Washington was forced last month to back down from an order that prevented subsidiaries of U.S. auto companies in Argentina from selling cars to Cuba. But pride and prosperity were only part of el Lider 's promise; Argentines also wanted to hear that Perón had made progress in controlling the political violence raging throughout the country. Instead, they got a rancorous demonstration of the divisions that could push...
That was a notable diplomatic victory for the Peron government. For months Argentina has been pressuring Washington to waive its economic blockade of Cuba and allow some 42,000 vehicles, made in Argentina by American subsidiaries, to be shipped to the Castro government. At issue for the Argentines was not only the commercial value of the exports but also the question of sovereignty: the Buenos Aires government understandably did not like to have the U.S. controlling any aspect of its foreign-trade policy. The Peron government even threatened to expropriate the companies if the export license was not granted. Fearful...
Officials at State insisted that the waiver in no way represented a "change of policy" toward Cuba. Yet it was clear that Washington's move would contribute greatly to ending Cuba's ten-year isolation from most of the Western Hemisphere. At the urging of Mexico, Argentina and Peru, the Foreign Ministers in Washington last week reached a "consensus" that Cuba should be invited to their gathering next March in Buenos Aires. Several countries, including Chile, opposed the invitation, but even such strongly anti-Communist representatives as Brazil's Foreign Minister Antonio Azeredo da Silveira voiced...
...meeting on Saturday, the foreign ministers of Argentina and Peru called for an end to the 12-year-old boycott. The Chilean foreign minister, Rear Admiral Ismael Diuz, asked that the boycott be maintained. He argued that "Castroism constitutes a danger for peace and security of the continent...
...fact that President Nixon accurately noted in an ebullient 1971 salute to the visiting Medici: "As Brazil goes, so will the rest of the Latin American continent." That encomium caused brass buttons to pop on Brazilian uniforms. It also chilled the political leaders of Brazil's neighbors-notably Argentina-who fear the imperial ambitions of a new "colossus on the make...