MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2024, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[The world’s T100 arms producing companies skipped recession in 2009]]> US government spending on military goods and services is a key factor in arms sales increase Despite the continuing global economic recession in 2009, the total arms sales of the SIPRI Top 100 of the world’s largest arms-producing companies increased by 14.8 billion USD from 2008 to reach 401 billion USD, a real increase of 8%, according to new data on international arms production released by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

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Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:11:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Chile Denies “Arms Race”; Praises Homologation Process with Argentina]]> Alfredo Moreno, sees good relations with Bolivia and Peru Chilean Foreign Affairs Minister Alfredo Moreno Charme said he does not see an “arms race” in the continent and suggested following the Argentine–Chilean experience of “homologating military expenditure”.

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Tue, 11 May 2010 23:59:00 GMT
<![CDATA[UNASUR Agrees to Boost Defense Expenditure Transparency]]> Military display in the past was usually more than dissuasion   The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) agreed over the week end to boost defence expending transparency to ensure regional stability which, according to Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador is threatened by a controversial military agreement between United States and Colombia.

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Mon, 10 May 2010 03:39:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Peru to Question Chile’s “Arms Build-Up” in the EU/Latam Madrid Summit]]> Foreign Affairs minister José Antonio García Belaunde The Peruvian government’s claim that Chile is undergoing a tremendous arms build-up has once again come to the forefront of Latin American international relations.

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Sat, 01 May 2010 01:23:00 GMT