Word: spite
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sales to Guatemala to help the month old Rios Month regime fight leftist guerillas. The Administration claims Rios Montt, who took power through a coup against the extreme right Lucas Garcia government, has already significantly improved human rights conditions in Guatemala. So, the Guatemalans will receive $4 million in spite parts for the American made helicopters they are using against the leftist rebels. In addition, Washington wants to give Rios Montt $50,000 in military training funds for fiscal year 1982 and another $250,000 for 1983. If this scenario does not sound familiar, just replace Guatemala with the words...
...America--launched an unprovoked invasion of Britain's Falkland Islands. Events, hope may have led us to believe, would succeed where liberal intellectuals, Democratic politicians and the the New York Times had failed. But Reagan and Company have managed to ignore reality as completely as they ignore criticism. In spite of everything, he Administration obviously still sees Latin America as nothing more than an ideological battleground between the Soviet Union and the United States...
...only good news for Schmidt as he packed his bags for Munich was that, in spite of his party's troubles, he remains his country's most popular politician. To give his government a new image, Schmidt was making plans to reshuffle key portfolios in his Cabinet. But given the mood in Munich, it was unlikely that any move could detract attention for long from the Social Democrats' deep divisions...
...spite of its record, the Arab world quickly seized the opportunity of the mosque attack to indict Israel for Goodman's desecration. Arab leaders called for a one-day general strike, and introduced a condemnation of Israel into the United Nations Security Council...
First British vessel to sail was the nuclear-powered submarine H.M.S. Superb, followed by two aircraft carriers. Queen Elizabeth's middle son, Prince Andrew, 22, was among the helicopter pilots recalled from leave for duty on the carriers. In spite of its swift and energetic response, Britain's warships would need upwards of five days to reach the Falklands...