The 1982 Falklands War: Galtieri's Gamble and Argentina's Rupture

In April 1982, Argentina's military junta, led by General Leopoldo Galtieri, invaded the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory claimed by Argentina as the Malvinas. Lucas and Luna explore the domestic desperation that drove the junta to this gamble: a collapsing economy, soaring inflation, and a population reeling from the Dirty War's atrocities. They trace the brief but bloody conflict—from the initial landing at Port Stanley to the sinking of the ARA General Belgrano and the Argentine surrender at Goose Green. The episode considers why Galtieri believed the United States would remain neutral, how Margaret Thatcher's response revived her political fortunes, and the war's aftermath in Buenos Aires: the junta's fall, the return of democracy under Raúl Alfonsín, and the enduring wound of the Malvinas in Argentine national identity.

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