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You may or may not be aware that Argentina planned, and came very close to launching, an attack on Chile in 1978. In theory this was about disputed islands in the Beagle Strait, in practice it was also a way for the junta to try and cement their rule with a patriotic struggle (which they eventually tried again in OTL with the Falklands war). OTL it never came off due to a combination of inclement weather and the personal intervention of the Pope. However, let's say the invasion is launched. (Maverick did do a TL about it, but sadly of course that's vanished now).

My question is what international reaction to this might be like. Remember this comes only months after the 1978 World Cup was held in Argentina and the junta had launched an arguably successful PR offensive as part of it. Also remember that Chile was a nasty dictatorship under Pinochet which everyone had cut off arms supplies to, and while Argentina wasn't exactly a rose garden either, European countries were continuing to supply it with arms. I should imagine a war of aggression like this would result in egg on face for many European leaders.

I'm particularly interested in what the reaction might be in Spain, her transitional democracy still fragile. As some of the Spanish Falangists had ties with Chile, could such a conflict have repercussions in Spanish politics?
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