World Corrupt Episode 1: A Toxic Love Affair between Politics and Sports
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The Beagle Conflict
The Bursen team focused a lot of their time in the lead up to the World Cup on trying to rebut negative stories about human rights abuses in Argentina. The English Union of Journalists provided its members with a Spanish language handbook to prepare them for the tournament, one that included such phrases as, stop torturing me! Once the tournament began, the soccer took over. This is what happens. We fear, we panic, we ask questions, but the football kicks off and remember when Argentina was the street? And do you know what they did with that newfound popularity? They invaded part of Chile. At least it had an adorable name,. It was called the Beagle Conflict.
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