Around 85,000 members of Argentina’s Armed Forces and Security Forces are set to oversee the upcoming PASO primary elections this Sunday. This deployment has been confirmed by the Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff (Emco). During the 1982 Falklands War, Argentina deployed roughly 13,000 troops to the islands, which is 6.5 times fewer than what […]
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