Word: argentinian
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...lesson too often lost on Alfonsin's counterparts in other Third World nations, such as Chilean President Pinochet. The United States, for its part, should realize that support for rightist strongmen who do not tolerate peaceful opposition seldom invites accomplishments as stirring as that of the Argentinian president...
Fortunately, in the case of Argentina at least, the United States has begun to overcome its past record. Just a few years ago, when a military junta controlled Argentina and carried out the bloody "dirty war" against Argentinian civilians, the United States government vigorously backed the junta. Sunday, however, it was these very military officers whose rebellion was so successfully quelled...
Alfonsin's victory, however, will not quiet the unrest that surges through his armed forces. Argentinian democracy is safer this week than last, yet still not safe. Nonetheless, Alfonsin's achievement may be a hopeful sign for Latin America's attempts to nurture democracy...
...Dean returned to the Argentinian islands with Yalouris, who became interested in the project. The pair, avoiding combat in the area from the Falkland war by 10 days, returned to the U.S. to recruit a team of archaeologists to help them raise the ship from under 10 feet of water...
...mixture of history, passion, miscalculation, national pride and personal egotism that produced a "little" war that everyone knew was senseless and avoidable also contains the ingredients for a much larger conflict. Last and first, the Falklands war was caused by the original miscalculation on the part of the Argentinian military junta that a Western democracy was too soft, too decadent to defend itself. This delusion on the part of undemocratic governments has been, and remains, the greatest danger to peace in this century. The cacophonous self-criticism of the democracies and the unwavering insistence of their people that peace must...