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Montevideo, May 13th 2025 - 03:59 UTC

Tag: defense

  • Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Brazil and Chile sign 13 agreements, including two key defense ones

    Defense Ministers Adriana Delpiano and José Mucio Monteiro agreed to join forces to tackle common challenges

    Defense Ministers Adriana Delpiano of Chile and José Mucio Monteiro of Brazil signed Tuesday two agreements: one for exchanging instructor officers between Chile’s Joint Peace Operations Training Center (Cecopac) and its Brazilian counterpart (Ccopab) to enhance peacekeeping training, and another for academic cooperation between Chile’s National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies (ANEPE) and the Brazilian Defense College (ESD) to advance research and training in security and defense.

  • Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

    UK defense contracts worth more than £2bn awarded for Dreadnaught nuclear submarines program

    The Dreadnought Class will be one of the most complex machines ever built and it will operate in one of the most hostile environments on the planet

    United Kingdom Defense contracts worth more than £2bn have been awarded to BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce to begin the third major phase of the future submarine nuclear deterrent program, Dreadnought. With the overall program supporting around 30,000 jobs across the UK, from design through to build, Delivery Phase 3 (DP3) represents the most significant stage of the Dreadnought program so far.

  • Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

    UK named world's fourth-biggest Defense spender in 2021, SIPRI report

    A UK F-35 Lightning prepares for take off in May 2021

    A new report says the UK moved into the world's top five military spenders in 2021 as the US remains the biggest spender by some distance. The annual report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) also revealed that for the first time ever, global military expenditure exceeded US$ 2 trillion.

  • Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:17 UTC

    Ukraine: the world’s defense giants are quietly making billions from the war

    EU announced it would buy and deliver 450 million Euros of arms to Ukraine, while the US has pledged US$ 350 million in military aid

    By Peter Bloom, Professor of Management, University of Essex – The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been widely condemned for its unjustified aggression. There are legitimate fears of a revived Russian empire and even a new world war. Less discussed is the almost half-trillion dollars (£381 billion) defense industry supplying the weapons to both sides, and the substantial profits it will make as a result.

  • Tuesday, January 26th 2021 - 08:27 UTC

    Merkel and Biden agree to closer cooperation in pandemic, defense and trade

    Merkel and Biden in 2015 during trilateral talks in Munich. Photo: AFP

    REUTERS – German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke on Monday to US president Joe Biden to congratulate him and agreed on closer cooperation in tackling world challenges, particularly the pandemic, defense, and trade.

  • Friday, May 22nd 2020 - 07:25 UTC

    China plans to increase 6,6% defense spending in fiscal year

    China routinely says that spending is for defensive purposes, a comparatively low percentage of its GDP, and that critics just want to keep the country down.

    China's defense spending this year will rise 6.6% from 2019, according to a report issued at the opening of the country's annual meeting of parliament on Friday, a slower rate than last year.

  • Friday, April 17th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

    Some 13.000 of UK's defense workforce absent from their usual place of work

    Fewer than 100 service personnel have tested positive for coronavirus, including the eleven cases in the Falkland Islands

    A total of 9.1% of the United Kingdom defense workforce has reported as being absent from their usual place of work on Thursday due to reasons related to COVID-19. The figure, which equates to around 13,000 staff, includes personnel from both the regular and reserve force, according to the British Forces network.

  • Friday, April 5th 2019 - 10:00 UTC

    Uruguayan president caught with his pants down

    President Vazquez has admitted full responsibility for the situation

    Uruguayan president and oncologist Tabare Vazquez has publicly admitted full responsibility for not having read, but approvingly signed, delicate documents referred to alleged crimes against humanity committed during the military dictatorship, and consequently, without consultation, he sacked the Defense minister and deputy, and seven generals.

  • Monday, February 18th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

    Macri and business delegation in India for trade, investment and cooperation promotion

    Macri arrived in India on Saturday and was first flown to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal. From there to New Dehli ahead of round of political contacts on Monday

    New Delhi and Buenos Aires are expected to sign up to eight agreements during President Mauricio Macri’s three-day state visit to India to promote trade, investment and cooperation in several fields including defense, Argentine ambassador Daniel Chuburu said. Macri is accompanied by several ministers, members of Congress and a hundred business leaders.

  • Wednesday, January 2nd 2019 - 08:19 UTC

    UK has plans to establish military bases in the Caribbean and Far East after Brexit

    “We are looking at those opportunities not just in the Far East but also in the Caribbean as well” pointed out the Defense Secretary Williamson

    The Defense Secretary has said the UK could establish new military bases in the Caribbean and the Far East. Gavin Williamson has told the Sunday Telegraph it would allow Britain to become a “true global player” following Brexit.