Word: argentinas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...degree, Latin America's bitterness against the U.S. has extended to European countries that have backed Britain with economic and military sanctions against Argentina. The West Germans, who trade heavily with South America, have even dispatched a Cabinet minister on a troubleshooting tour of Latin America to explain Bonn's support of Britain. A French diplomat noted that the government of President François Mitterrand "has made one of its central foreign policy goals that of improving North-South relations. To the extent that the Falklands retard that, everyone loses...
...talked about an extensive postwar reconstruction of the Falklands under British sovereignty. She has let it be known that she will not contemplate any Argentine participation in the future administration of the islands. As Thatcher told a BBC interviewer last week: "[The islanders] never wanted to go to Argentina before. They'll be even less likely to now." While Thatcher might eventually accept the idea of a U.N. administrator, she is adamantly opposed to a U.N. trusteeship, which would allow the Argentines "equality of access" and permit them "to flood the islands." Above all, she is committed to consulting...
...Washington, already severely burned in its Latin American relations, was not anxious to take part in such a scheme without Argentina's approval and the participation of at least one other Latin American country. The idea of U.S. membership in a peace-keeping force came up during Reagan's meeting with Thatcher in Paris, but both sides said no commitment was made. Referring to Thatcher's proposal at week's end, Haig told a news conference that it was "too early to say" whether the U.S. would participate in a peace-keeping force. He added noncommittally...
Kirkpatrick, who wrote her Ph.D. dissertation at Columbia University on Argentina during the Peron years, considers herself the Administration's premier expert on Latin America. Conservative and staunchly antiCommunist, she repaired the U.S.'s ties with Buenos Aires last year and fervently hoped to build a strategic barricade against leftist infiltration in the Western Hemisphere by forging closer links with authoritarian regimes like the military junta in Argentina. Though Haig shares Kirkpatrick's fears about Communist advances in Latin America, he is a political pragmatist who is generally more flexible on foreign policy issues. Having been Supreme...
...After Argentina invaded the Falklands last April, Kirkpatrick cautioned that the U.S. should remain neutral lest Washington force Buenos Aires into the orbit of the Soviet Union. When the Administration eventually accepted Haig's argument and took Britain's side, Kirkpatrick spoke against providing London with military intelligence and equipment. Alexander Haig...