Word: chiles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...believe that the fall of the Shah is a turning point in the long history of the Iranian struggle for self-determination, and we believe further that its lesson for our government is clear: don't interfere in such struggles, be they in Iran, Chile, the Philippines, South Africa, or elsewhere. Only then will Americans be regarded as friends by the people of these countries. Jack Levine Counsel and Treasurer, U.S. People's Committee on Iran
...coup would almost certainly mean a bloodbath-"worse than Chile," according to U.S. officials. It was doubtful that the army could effectively run the country or get oil production back to normal. As a Western diplomat observed last week, "The military has proved they can take over the streets, but they can't get people back to work...
...Antonio Samore, 73, left Buenos Aires for Rome last week to report to Pope John Paul II on "the little that I have done." Actually, he had done quite a lot. After a fortnight of shuttle diplomacy, Samore had pretty well averted the danger of war between Argentina and Chile. At the close of a meeting in nearby Montevideo, Uruguay, the Argentine government of President Jorge Rafael Videla and the Chilean junta of President Augusto Pinochet signed an agreement in which they promised not to use force against each other, pledged to reduce the military buildup along their...
That dispute concerns the area around three rocky little islands in the Beagle Channel,*at the tip of South America. Since 1881, Chile has more or less controlled the islands and Argentina has claimed them. As long ago as 1896, the two countries called on Queen Victoria to settle the matter, but when she ruled in favor of Chile, the angry Argentines balked. In 1977 an international tribunal appointed by the British government supported Chile's claim, and once again the Argentines objected. So last month, amid threats of war, the two strongly Catholic countries accepted Pope John Paul...
...Pope manages to settle the Beagle affair, he may find himself saddled with more chores of the same kind. Bolivia wants him to persuade Chile to return Bolivia's access to the sea, which Chile seized in the 1880s. And then there is that little matter in the Middle East...