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Word: guiltless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1982-1982
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...indicated that Washington might revise its rose-colored view of Leopolde Galtieri's military dictatorship. Argentina is the exemplar of the Administration's "totalitarian" but not "authoritarian" nation. Though Galtieri's junta never won popular support through open elections, though the government is notorious for its brutal treatment of guiltless political prisoners, and despite the regime's denial of free speech, free press, and open assembly, Reagan has preserved close ties with Buenos Aires. In exchange for U.S. support, Argentina has declared its open hostility to the Marxist forces on the continent, posing as an integral part...

Author: By Allen S. Weiner, | Title: An Opportunity Missed | 4/27/1982 | See Source »

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