On 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. The United Kingdom sent an expeditionary force to retake the islands.
After naval and air battles, the British forces landed on The Falklands May
21st, and had surrounded Stanley by June 11th. The Argentine forces surrendered
on Monday, June 14, 1982. To celebrate
the 31st anniversary of the occasion, I give you Episode IV of this
series.
When I first lived in Montevideo in
1982, military dictatorships ruled both Uruguay and Argentina. They were very different places than they are
now. The small colony of Fulbrighters
in Uruguay did a lot of things together, so we got to know one another pretty
well despite our many differences. Several
quirky things happened when a couple of us spent June 15-16th
visiting Buenos Aires, almost directly across the Rio de la Plata from
Montevideo.
