Word: argentinas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last week's grim discoveries of "desa-parecidos"surprised no one in Argentina. From 1976 to 1979, during the military's "dirty war" against suspected subversives, at least 6,000 people disappeared, victims of death squads that often operated with official sanction. What gave Argentines hope was their new civilian government's apparent determination to bring to justice those responsible for 7½ years of brutal repression under military rule...
...people the United States shall enter, then we are going to have some really terrible wars." She opposed U.S. reprisal attacks in Lebanon, where Britain had contributed 100 men to the 6,000-member Multi-National Force, and criticized Washington's decision to resume arms sales to Argentina...
...petroleum prices and the sharp drop in U.S. interest rates helped ease pressure on many developing nations that are struggling under enormous and dangerous debt loads, but their finances remain shaky. Two weeks ago, the new government of Argentina requested a six-month grace period for interest payments on its $40 billion debt. A team of bankers and troubleshooters from the International Monetary Fund approved a $10 billion emergency loan package in November that once again saved Brazil from defaulting on its $91 billion debt, but the country's economy is deeply depressed and has been plagued all year...
Peering over his half-moon reading glasses during a hastily arranged television broadcast, Argentina's newly elected President, Raúl Alfonsín, last week made the most dramatic announcement of his young administration. In the dry tones of a country lawyer, Alfonsín told his nationwide audience that he was sending to Congress a measure pressing charges of murder and torture against the leaders of three military juntas that waged the antiterrorist "dirty war" of the 1970s. During that period, at least 6,000 Argentine citizens disappeared. "The past casts a shadow over our future...
...during the first nine months of this year compared with the same period in 1982, American steel companies are again demanding trade protection. Says U.S. Steel Chairman David Roderick: "Importation has reached dangerous levels." Last month U.S. Steel filed complaints with the Commerce Department against Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, asking Washington to slap tariffs on imports from those countries. According to U.S. Steel, government-subsidized industries are selling shipments in the U.S. at below their cost of production. Earlier this year the Commerce Department found that Brazil was selling wire rod at discounts...