Word: argentinas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...jealously guarded sovereignty and large contracts for industries plagued by unemployment. As the U.S. sees it, however, the Soviet-supported clampdown in Poland demands a united show of Western force just as did Britain's war in the Falklands, during which the U.S. joined an allied embargo against Argentina. Perhaps more practically, President Reagan must maintain face. If he is to placate his right wing, already restive over his tax bill and his murky policy on arming Taiwan, he must not be seen as soft on the pipeline issue...
...door on the Aztec past was opened quite accidentally before dawn on Feb. 21, 1978. While workers for the Mexico City Light and Power Co. were digging a hole heart the intersection of Argentina and Guatemala streets, they discovered an oval stone eleven feet in diameter, covered with carvings. Archaeologists quickly identified the relief as a representation of an important Aztec myth. The central image on the stone was the dismembered torso of Huitzilopochtli's evil sister, Coyolxauhqui. According to legend, she had plotted with her many brothers to kill their mother just as she was about to give...
...already begun to slide away from its idyllic memories long before the Argentine invasion. The occupation, in fact, may even have served to awaken the islanders to the already present dangers. The Falklands population had continued to decline over the past decade as the uncertainty over and escalation of Argentina's claims grew. The political insecurity also served to dry up new investment. There were other signs of less satis faction with the simple life. Divorce and alcoholism became persistent social ailments: in recent years, the islands' divorce rate ran as high as 50% among new marriages...
Seven weeks after the end of the Falklands War the islands' 1,800 "kelpers" are trying to return to the quiet life they enjoyed before Argentina's invasion. But not everything is as it was, largely because the 40-man force that had previously defended the islands has been replaced by a 3,000-man British garrison. On their time off, the soldiers have little to do but socialize and spend money in the small local shops, buying up Port Stanley's supply of postcards and objects carrying the Falklands' motto, "Desire the Right." One storeowner...
...Rumania, East Germany and Hungary. Eastern European satellite countries now owe Western bankers and governments $60 billion, and those countries are strapped just to make the interest payments on the debt. illions of dollars have been lent to troublesome credit risks in Latin America like Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. All together, this debt to U.S. banks now totals $62 billion. Warns one top Chase Manhattan banker: "If Latin America goes into default, it will bring down all the major banks in this country...