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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 00:22 UTC

Tag: Amazon invasion

  • Monday, February 10th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

    France, Brazil's biggest military threat over the next 20 years and an Amazon invasion?

    Named “Defense scenarios 2040”, the document was based on interviews with 500 highly-ranked army officers, who listed their biggest concerns and predictions

    France is expected to be Brazil's biggest military threat over the next 20 years and could invade the Amazon in 2035, according to a secret report published by Brazilian media on Friday. Although the French embassy jokingly “saluted” its “limitless imagination”, the military document is aimed at redefining the country's foreign policy strategy and could add yet another chapter to its troubled relations with France.