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How Argentina's Junta Botched Its 1978 World Cup Sportswashing Plan

Argentina's military rulers thought the tournament would bolster their legitimacy. Instead, it hastened their downfall.

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An Argentine soccer player holding the World Cup trophy and being held up by teammates and fans | Mirror Syndication International/Mirrorpix via Getty
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Eloy Vera Beltrán is a freelance journalist and law student from Argentina. He is an alumnus of Students for Liberty, former contibutor to Young Voices and a former research intern at the Cato Institute.