Word: rosada
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nation nursing the wounds of war, the inauguration of a new President offered no cause for revelry. The brief, dour ceremony only provided a grim reminder of the instability that has long plagued Argentina: in the presidential palace, Casa Rosada, retired Major General Reynaldo Bignone, 54, was sworn in as the seventh President of the military regime that seized power six years...
...favor of a simple dark suit for his 24-minute televised inaugural address, he left no doubt about his allegiances. Said he: "I live in the bosom of the armed forces, and to them I give my gratitude." Such effusive fealty may have brought him to the Casa Rosada, but the prime test of his presidency will be how to coax his army patrons into accepting free elections...
Argentina's leaders had only belatedly prepared the country's population for the impending defeat. Upon getting news of the surrender, knots of angry Argentines gathered on the Plaza de Mayo in front of the country's presidential Casa Rosada to hear a scheduled balcony speech by Galtieri. As evening fell, the mood of the crowd turned ugly. "They lied to us," said a student. "We went to war with our hearts full, and now they are empty." Said an airplane mechanic: "We have been cheated, and our young conscripts have died for nothing." Finally riot police...
...John Paul ground through the first day of his exhausting 32-hour visit-first to address Argentine clergy at the capital's Metropolitan Cathedral, later in the morning to meet with other members of the junta at the presidential Casa Rosada-some Argentines sought to add luster to their own causes through the Pope's presence. Most audaciously, ardent followers of the populist policies of the late Dictator Juan Perón wanted to gain political capital from the major papal appearance of the day. That was an afternoon Mass at the venerable basilica of Our Lady...
...December. A military man who states his views explicitly with few ifs, ands or buts, Galtieri has been compared to U.S. General George S. Patton and former Argentine President Juan Perón, with whom he shares a fondness for addressing large crowds from the balcony of the Casa Rosada, the presidential palace...