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Ironically, the Pope had avoided coming to Argentina earlier, precisely because of a political dispute: the conflicting claims of Argentina and Chile to the Beagle Channel islands and the adjoining strait in the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego. That argument had threatened to erupt into war between the two countries until the claimants agreed to accept papal mediation. According to unofficial reports, the suggested terms of settlement award three islands to Chile and put the surrounding waters under shared sovereignty. Chile has declared itself ready to accept the solution. Argentina has not. Until the Falklands crisis forced a visit...
...Russell, who wrote the cover story, was the Buenos Aires-based bureau chief from 1979 to 1981. He found that "Argentines regard the Falklands issue as an article of faith." Caribbean Bureau Chief William McWhirter, on the scene in Buenos Aires for three weeks, headed south to Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego; until ordered back to Buenos Aires late last week by the authorities, he had been the only non-Argentine correspondent in the coastal area close to the Falklands after three British journalists were arrested there and charged with espionage. Says he: "Communications out of Argentina were the only...
Beagle Channel. War nearly broke out in 1978 over Argentina's claim to three islands held by Chile in the channel south of Tierra del Fuego. Pope John Paul II proposed a plan of settlement to both sides in December 1980. Chile accepted, but Argentina refused...
...toddy, hot lemonade, chicken broth, regional potions like the South's horehound and pine-needle tea, and ethnic preparations featuring ingredients like honey, garlic and cayenne. Faith is widespread in the anticold potency of herbs like eucalyptus, mullein leaves, bloodroot and red clover. California Herb Specialist Michael Tierra commends a concoction of honeysuckle, chrysanthemum and licorice...
...Latin America corruption is pandemic from the Rio Grande to Tierra del Fuego. Bribing in Mexico is handled with the stylized flair of a Latin seduction, beginning with dinner at an expensive restaurant like La Hacienda de los Morales, and climaxing with a weekend jet-jaunt to Punta Cancun or Acapulco. The target of such lavish hospitality is most often the head of purchasing in one of the Mexican government's state ministries, who oversees procurement and importing...