Word: tella
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Argentina, which waged a losing war against Britain for control of the Falkland Islands in 1982, now wants to buy them. Argentine Foreign Minister Guido Di Tella said his government was prepared to offer the more than 2,000 Falklanders up to $800,000 per inhabitant. The British government says the islanders have a right to self-determination, but the Falklands' governor insists they will not sell their nationality...
...billion flowed into Argentina in direct and indirect investment; this year the amount is expected to drop by as much as half. ``There is a crisis of confidence and some fears that Argentina might have trouble paying its debt,'' says Pablo Gerchunoff, an economist at the Instituto di Tella in Buenos Aires. ``These fears may only be partly justifiable, but unjustified fears can sometimes become self-fulfilling prophecies...