WORLD CUP: Confetti greets Argentina`s 1st triumph in 1978
(WorldNews Argentina)

Controversy and confetti. The 1978 World Cup in Argentina was awash with both. Twelve years after being awarded the right to host the World Cup, Argentina was a very different country. It had been under the control of a military junta since 1976, after a coup overthrew the government of Isabel Peron. Its ruthless treatment of political opponents - tens of thousands would eventually disappear - cast a shadow over...