James McHugh

to get to get some new cross goldsmith students right out of the bin fuck off um uh they yeah they're bad guys inflation in 1976 exceeds 560 percent because the argentinian economy is just sort of like psychedelic at this point yeah it's kind of they started off being quite a powerful they're like a miracle of the south yes and now it's just like inflation is an insane it's just been spiraling for years now yeah and it doesn't really get better uh

In 1976, a bomb goes off in Buenos Aires on average every three hours.

There was a political assassination every five hours.

Every five hours, there's a political assassination.

God, who's left?

Exactly.

This is like the troubles on speed in Argentina.

I guess so.

The bombing Jackie Weaver.

Yeah.

With the country completely ungovernable, the military junta come in, Jorge Videa, and they establish a regime which will commit the original sin of invading our southern border, the Falkland Islands.

They will also disappear an estimated 30,000 people.

But they inherit the World Cup from the previous government.

And they think this is probably, apart from Mussolini's World Cup, this is, I suppose, the most corrupt, the most dirty, the most sports-washing country

Because of the red card.

Because someone didn't understand the order to be sent off.

Right.

They hadn't learned English.

No.

No, exactly.