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"For Argentina's military junta under Leopoldo Galteri the invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982 seemed the ideal opportunity to divert attention from severe economic problems and mounting internal unrest. . . . The Argentinian junta could not survive the humiliation, and democracy return in 1983. Thatcher also won a landslide election victory that year." [Furtado: 1001 Days]