Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The Impact Of Arms Sales To Latin America


The Choice Of French Fighter Aircraft In Brazil And Its Impact On Latin America -- The Gov Monitor

The past week in Latin America has been pretty busy due to the repercussions of President Lula’s comments during a visit by the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy.


Besides being the guest of honour and besides the fact that it is the year of France in Brazil, Sarkozy came with two missions: the first one was simple and the second was relatively difficult. The simple mission was to carry out something that was already or partially agreed upon: the purchase of submarines and helicopters. The difficult mission would be to turn things around regarding the fighters Brazil intends to buy.

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My Comment: The buying and selling of weapons has never had a positive impact for the buying country .... I expect the same will be realized by people in Venezuela and Brazil .... but only in a decade or two.

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