Word: argentinas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...several other states, the duration of the Nigerian civil war can probably be attributed as much to the steady flow of French weaponry to breakaway Biafra as to the fighting spirit of the Ibos. In Latin America, France has sold arms to nine nations (including 106 Mirage 5s to Argentina and 111 Mirage mcs to Brazil). Currently it is offering its Exocet antiship missile to both the left-wing military dictatorship of Peru and the right-wing military dictatorship of Chile...
...kidnaping climaxed months of terrorist activity in which the emotions of Argentina's businessmen have been violently whipsawed. On Nov. 22, leftist guerrillas ambushed and brutally shot to death John Swint, the American general manager of a Ford Motor Co. subsidiary. Eight days later, Ford got a call indicating that unless $4,000,000 was paid to the guerrillas, more lives would be "jeopardized." As a result, 22 executives of the company and their families left Argentina immediately. Ford, the country's largest carmaker, seriously considered closing its plants, which employ about 10,000 people...
Razor-Thin Profits. The terrorists' increasingly flagrant acts have finally spurred aging President Juan Peron, 78, to action. And well they should. One high American executive estimated that the kidnapings have already caused 60% of the foreign businessman in Argentina to leave the country in the past year. If the abductions continue, they could jeopardize an economy already deeply troubled by razor-thin profits and lack of capital investment by private industry. Prodded by such concerns, Peron reversed his benign neglect of Argentina's frightened foreigners and made a point of receiving the Ford vice president for Asia...
Amidst this internecine turmoil, Peron remains aloof and caught in a dilemma: he cannot restore law and order in Argentina while his own movement is riven with internal strife. If he tries, he puts himself in the position of fighting his own supporters...
...Sales, declines to attend the ceremonies. Despite a year of speculation, Cambodian dictator Lon Nol again does not receive an honorary degree from Harvard. Instead, the University honors "three men whose service to the cause of peace and justice is legend": Spain's Generalissimo Franco, President Juan Peron of Argentina, and Urguay's up-and-coming fascist, Juan Bordaberry...