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...rule, extolling nonalignment and a heavy state role in the economy. His economic policies, which poured resources into highly protected, inefficient, state-directed enterprises, depleted Argentina's treasury as the country devoured its foreign exchange earnings from agriculture. In 1955 the military ousted him. Peron eventually settled in Madrid, but he remained in touch with loyal followers back home, encouraging both the right and the left to think that he espoused their goals. In 1973, amid a rising wave of terrorism, the Argentine military returned the country to civilian rule. Within a month, Perón returned to live...
Peronism is now a splintered movement, but its various branches all endorse some blend of nationalism and populist welfarism. One faction still supports Isabelita Peron, now in her own exile in Madrid. If the party is indeed permitted to operate openly, the question is not just whether the Peronists will be able to overcome their differences and win the electoral majority they claim. It is also whether the military will accept such an outcome...
Weighing in at 11 Ibs., the solid-gold trophy, worth $4 million and resting safely in a Madrid bank vault, is not really a cup at all. Whoever wins it on July 11 at the long-awaited final game will have to swig the celebratory champagne straight from the bottle. No matter. Two years of elimination matches among 107 nations have left only 24 survivors, including sentimental favorite and host Spain, and defending champion Argentina, to settle Mundial '82: soccer's global championship. And for more fans around the world than watch almost any other organized activity, professional...
...passport in the name of Philip McCormick. What Wilson did not know was that U.S. officials had helped arrange his phony papers and that as soon as he stepped off the plane at Zurich he was being shadowed by a pair of federal marshals. He then flew directly to Madrid, where he boarded Iberia International Airlines flight 945 for Santo Domingo...
...marshals' performance last week required both daring and diplomacy. Although top law-enforcement officials in Switzerland and Spain were notified about Wilson's journey, airport officials at Zurich and Madrid were not told the true identity of McCormick. High-ranking Dominican police officials were briefed on the plan, and cooperated fully at the airport. Since Wilson was never officially admitted to the Dominican Republic, he did not need to be extradited. One top U.S. law-enforcement official said of the delicate operation: "If at any time Wilson had turned left instead of right, it would have ruined...