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| 1980 |
| | Archbishop Oscar Romero, an exponent of liberation theology, is killed as he celebrates Mass in San Salvador | |
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| 1981 |
| | Leopoldo Galtieri becomes leader of the military junta ruling Argentina | |
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| 1982 |
| | 5000 Argentinian troops land in the Falkland Islands, provoking war with Britain | |
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| 1982 |
| | Chilean author Isabel Allende publishes her first novel, The House of the Spirits | |
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| 1982 |
| | Congress in Washington passes the Boland Amendment, banning US military aid to the Contras | |
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| 1982 |
| | The Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano is sunk by a British torpedo, with the loss of 368 lives | |
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| 1982 |
| | British troops recapture Port Stanley, after which the Argentinian forces in the Falklands surrender | |
| | Instrument of Surrender at the end of the Falklands War National Archives, Kew
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| 1982 |
| | The leader of the Argentinian junta, Leopoldo Galtieri, resigns three days after the Falklands defeat | |
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| 1982 |
| | Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona is sold to Barcelona for a new record fee of about £3 million, almost double the highest previous figure | |
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| 1983 |
| | A civilian government, voted into power in Argentina, prosecutes members of the military junta for civil rights abuses | |
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