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...annual rate of 350%. The Treasury, down to its last foreign reserves, was about to default on its overseas debt. Then, on March 24, in a bloodless, clockwork coup, the military deposed Isabel Peron from the presidency. Led by the Commander in Chief of the army, Jorge Rafael Videla, the new junta set two goals: crushing terrorism and reviving the economy. How well has it done? Last week TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand cabled this assessment...
...Argentina's military government has brought the country from paralysis to the edge of hope. Terrorism sputters on, but Argentines have learned to cope with it, even ignore it. Buenos Aires' boutiques and restaurants are jammed. The economy, though troubled, shows encouraging signs of strength. Proudly, President Videla claims, "We have progressed a lot in a short time, but we have a long...
...Chile unless civil liberties were restored, the Pinochet government sought to rally Brazil and Argentina into a hard-line entente in Latin America's southern cone. Both countries spurned Pinochet's overtures. At a meeting in Chile two weeks ago, General Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentina's tough military ruler, told Pinochet that police-state terror had tarnished Chile's image abroad. After that rebuff, Pinochet's government reluctantly granted the amnesty as a first limited step toward regaining international respectability. Nonetheless, Amnesty International estimates there are still more than 1,000 political suspects in prison...
Increasingly, Argentines are wondering about the extent to which Videla may have authorized the violence. The general, shy and courteous in presidential appearances, enjoyed a reputation for honesty and moderation before becoming army chief, but he may simply be unable to control the multiple layers of agents working on the guerrilla campaign...
...counteract such criticisms, the Videla junta has hired a pair of public relations agencies to spread the good news in the U.S. and elsewhere that Argentina's economy is stabilizing and social unrest...