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...army did not give me the political support to continue." In fact, Galtieri's fall may have been hastened by crowds of a very different sort from those that greeted Thatcher. Frustrated and angry at their country's defeat, some 5,000 Argentines had gathered in the Plaza de Mayo in central Buenos Aires, throwing coins at the President's palace to symbolize a "sellout" surrender, and chanting, "Galtieri to the wall!" It was one of the worst displays of public discontent since 1976. For those who experienced the chaos of that earlier, turbulent era, the demonstration...
...mood that had enveloped Buenos Aires when a humiliating defeat at Port Stanley had seemed inevitable. Blared a headline in the daily newspaper Convictión: LONDON ADMITS GETTING A BEATING. Under the eyes of a beaming President Galtieri, thousands of chanting, banner-waving Argentines gathered in the central Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires to celebrate Malvinas Day, the anniversary of the appointment of the first Argentine governor of the contested islands known in Spanish as Las Malvinas. As Galtieri waved his hat in salute, the crowd chanted, "Be strong! Don't back down!" and unfurled national flags...
...windows to taxicab antennas. Cafés, shops and hotel lobbies buzzed with excited talk of the latest news. Television shows were repeatedly interrupted by grave-sounding announcers reading war bulletins before the backdrop of the national emblem. Crowds gathered outside newsstands to peruse the latest reports. On the Plaza de la República, women sat in the sun knitting wool socks, caps and scarves for the troops on the islands...
...over his half-empty lunch counter and grumbled, "We're going to go out of business. That's all there is to it. We won't be able to pay the electric bill after this week." In a case of remarkably unlucky timing, the new Parachute Plaza Motel opened its doors last week. The only guests were a few reporters covering the Colony closing. Town officials, who had put up their first traffic light only last year, were planning for the construction of two shopping centers and an 80-acre industrial park. Now those blueprints have been...
About 300 people rallied yesterday on Boston University's Marsh Chapel Plaza to protest what they called "the excessive use of force" by police breaking up a BU block party Saturday afternoon...