Today, 9 years ago, the military government ordered the recovery of the Malvinas Islands that were in the hands of Great Britain occupied by force since 1833. At 2:00 am Argentine troops landed in Puerto Argentino and control the situation without causing casualties between the British, Captain Peter Giachino dies in that operation. The United Kingdom sent a fleet with support from NATO and the United States. For several weeks, from May 1 to June 14, a bloody war was ended that ended with the surrender of the Argentine military governor, General Benjamín Menendez. Yesterday, the Ministry of Labor granted 1,270 pensions to former combatants who participated in the Malvinas War for an amount equivalent to a minimum ordinary retirement. The press secretary of the ministry specified that the beneficiaries are ex-soldiers and civilians who participated in the war. Insert photographs with relatives visiting the graves of fallen soldiers in the Malvinas. Close-ups of the headline of a diary where it is written: - "An old pending subject." Excited tribute paid to the dead in Malvinas (19/3/91).
Date: 2/4/1991
Duration: 1 minute 2 seconds
Code: UG-1146
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