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c. 500 — c. 1100 Wari Empire; c. 1472–1493 Topa Inca Yupanqui, the tenth Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire, extended the realm northward along the Andes through modern Ecuador, and developed a special fondness for the city of Quito, which he rebuilt with architects from Cuzco.
The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The conflict began on 2 April 1982, when Argentina ...
1982 2014 Casamance conflict Senegal The Gambia Guinea-Bissau: Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance: 1982 1982 1982 Amol uprising Iran: Union of Iranian Communists: 1982 1982 Falklands War United Kingdom Argentina: 1982 1982 Ndogboyosoi War Sierra Leone: SLPP: 1982 1985 1982 Lebanon War. Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israel SLA
Operation Paraquet was the code name for the British military operation to recapture the island of South Georgia from Argentine military control in April 1982 at the start of the Falklands War. The operation, a subsidiary of the main Operation Corporate —recapture of the Falkland Islands from Argentina —was successful, leading to the island ...
South Georgia was retaken by British forces on 25 April 1982, during Operation Paraquet. [37] In 2013, Michael Poole, seeking reconciliation for his role in shooting down the Puma helicopter, contacted Víctor Ibáñez, president of the Asociación Veteranos Defensores de Malvinas (Veterans' Association of Malvinas Defenders, known as Avedema).
K. J. Holsti presents a different sight of the South American dilemma: [35] "While South American governments (except Chile and Colombia) publicly supported Argentina in its conflict with Great Britain, in private many governments were pleased with the outcome of the war. Argentina's bellicosity against Chile over the Beagle Channel problem ...
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The South American territorial disputes are the territorial disputes and litigations that have developed in South America since the aftermath of the continent's wars of independence, which have shaped the current political geography of the region. These conflicts have been resolved through both military and diplomatic means.