Spurred on by reports that Britain is willing to open sovereignty talks with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands, Argentina's Foreign Ministry again calls on the UK to begin negotiations over the Malvinas.
The junta's gambit was initially successful, yet the misadventure ultimately failed to breathe new life into the dictatorship floundering under mass human rights violations, social unrest and economic crisis, serving instead to precipitate its demise.