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Montevideo, April 26th 2024 - 23:33 UTC

Tag: nuclear program

  • Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 10:29 UTC

    Bolsonaro names an Admiral as Mining and Energy minister

    Bento Costa Lima Leite de Albuquerque Junior is the current head of Brazilian Navy's nuclear and technology development program

    President-elect and former army captain, Jair Bolsonaro, has named a Navy admiral as his Mining and Energy minister. The appointment marks the eighth member of the armed forces to Bolsonaro's government and the 20th Minister appointed so far.

  • Monday, November 25th 2013 - 07:49 UTC

    US announces an agreement was reached with Iran on its nuclear program

    US President Barack Obama welcomed the deal, saying it would “help prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon”.

    The United States secretary of state has said the deal reached on Sunday over Iran's nuclear program will make Israel and the Middle East a safer place. John Kerry was speaking after Iran agreed to curb some of its nuclear activities in return for about 7bn dollars in sanctions relief. However, Israel has described the agreement as a “historic mistake”.