Word: junta
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...often what can be got away with. In that context, many if not most Argentines regard fulfillment of their historical claim to the Falklands as more important than the means used to attain it. Even though the population has become increasingly restive after six years of military rule, the junta enjoys solid public support for its stand on the Falklands...
...announced in London that he would be returning to the U.S., first to consult with Secretary of State Haig and then to visit the U.N. in Manhattan. But Pym also had tough words for Costa Méndez: "Let him put his money where his mouth is. All the junta has to do is officially apply for British transit permission for troops to be withdrawn [from the islands...
Argentina's response to the South Georgia defeat was to deny that it had taken place. The junta in Buenos Aires maintained that scatterings of Argentine troops were carrying on the battle from specially prepared hideouts in the rugged recesses of the island. That version of events was speedily discounted by the British. Then Argentine military sources argued that the loss of South Georgia had been expected by the junta. There was, however, no disguising the fact that the Argentine military was surprised and shaken by the attack...
...claim, but not to its use of force. In the end, the O.A.S., by a 17-to-O vote with the U.S. and three other countries abstaining, passed a resolution supporting Argentine sovereignty in the Falklands. But the resolution also demanded adherence to U.N. Security Council Resolution 502. The junta had miscalculated...
...Senate voted 79 to 1 in favor of a pro-British resolution that called on the U.S. Government to "use all appropriate means to assist the British government." Haig, meanwhile, cabled his settlement proposals directly to the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina for transmission to that country's junta. Two days later the answer came back via Argentine Ambassador to Washington Estaban Takács: No. With that, the U.S. moved to back the British...