Word: argentinas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...world's seventh largest armaments exporter (after the U.S., the Soviet Union, France, Britain, West Germany and Italy). Its arms and military software sales have doubled in five years, and in 1982 exceeded $1.2 billion. Of this amount, some $150 million went to South America, principally to Argentina and Peru. Only about $20 million worth of weapons and military training programs were sold to Central America last year, but the figure is expected to reach $45 million to $50 million this year...
...After Argentina's invasion of the windswept South Atlantic archipelago one year ago, the Falklanders talked excitedly about the 98-ship British armada that was being sent 8,000 miles to recapture the islands. And when, 74 days after the attack, the British won the surrender of the 10,000-man Argentine garrison, they greeted their saviors with cheers and tears. But now, with 4,300 British servicemen stationed on the islands, the 1,800 Falklanders have become painfully aware that life will never again be as it was before the early morning of April 2, when 150 Argentines...
...outside Port Stanley, while the first "coastel," a barge stacked with metal freighter containers and able to house 930 men, has been installed. Construction of a new "strategic airport" that will be able to handle jumbo jets is scheduled to begin in October. Because no flights are allowed from Argentina, the Falklands are even more isolated than they were before the war. Visitors arriving by air must take a slow, cumbersome C-130 Royal Air Force Hercules transport plane from Ascension Island, 4,000 miles to the north. Only passengers with "urgent or high-priority circumstances" are permitted to book...
Such fears are not unfounded. The Argentines remain determined to avenge their humiliating defeat. The military regime refuses to admit formally that the war is over, and it has declared April 2 a national holiday. As Argentina prepares to vote for a civilian government in October, politicians of all stripes sound the same theme, calling the islands by their Spanish name: "The Malvinas are ours...
...been freshly whitewashed, silken banners fluttered along the main thoroughfares, and garlands of spring flowers and marigolds hung from the brick walls leading to the international conference center of Vigyan Bhavan. The elaborate preparations signaled the arrival of delegates from 101 countries, including 60 national leaders ranging from Argentina's President Reynaldo Bignone to Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Robert Mugabe. They had come to India for the first summit meeting since 1979 of nations belonging to the nonaligned movement...