Word: argentinas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...conflict in the Falklands also aroused heated emotions. Many South Americans objected to Britain's claim to the distant islands. "Argentina's only crime is taking its own territory after 149 years of unfair occupation," said one correspondent from south of the border. On the other side, supporters of Britain waved the Union Jack: "Attagirl, Maggie! You bashed...
...Simon Hughes' stunning victory last week suggested that the Social Democratic/Liberal alliance, which poses a greater threat than a Labor Party veering too far to the left, may be regaining momentum. Since last summer, Thatcher, 56, has been basking in the glow of Britain's victory over Argentina in the Falklands war. In addition, she has benefited from some long-awaited improvements in the economy, and recent polls show her holding a lead of anywhere from 11% to 21% over Labor...
...journeyed to Poland to bolster the spirits of his countrymen in the face of Communist oppression. He has visited Britain and Argentina while they were at war with each other. Before the leaders of Brazil and the Philippines he has decried violations of human rights. Within earshot of the Northern Ireland border he has denounced terrorism. But none of Pope John Paul II's 16 previous foreign tours was as perilous, in terms of either church politics or of his own physical safety, as the one he begins this week...
...Evan T. Barr's commentary on Klaus Barbie (2/18/83): Adolf Eichmann was seized in May 1960, not in 1962 as Barr states, by Israeli secret agents in Argentina. He was tried and convicted in 1961 and was executed in May 1962. Sarah E. Yedinsky...
...standards"), Cuba ("Freedoms of speech and press do not exist") and Nicaragua ("The human rights situation deteriorated markedly in 1982"). But other regimes that have been accused of serious human rights violations by watchdog organizations like Amnesty International get off lightly: El Salvador ("signs of improvement throughout the year"), Argentina ("significant expansion of civil and political liberties") and Turkey ("Politically motivated killings . . . have now virtually stopped...