Talk:South America (1983: Doomsday)

Argentina:
coming out of the "Dirty war" has a new junta as of after the falklands war and elections scheduled for december of 1983--in OTL they are successful, and the unrest dies down suprizingly quickly. suffered 400% inflation in either 1983 or 84.

Peru:
just starting a war with the communist insurgency calling themselves "shining path", a war that in OTL ends in 1992 with the capture of key leaders. also faces massive inflation. Also, shinning path is not the only active revolutionary group at the time.

Chile:
coming out of an economic crisis in 1982-83. under pinochet, due to have elections that in OTL oust Pinochet in 1988 (who knows in this one)? bad relations with Argentina (in OTL resolved by papal mediation). great improvements occured in OTL during the 1980's

Uruguay:
under a military Dictatorship under general Gregorio Álvarez that in OTL was toppled by massive protests in 1984.