Tag: Jaime Ravinet

• Friday, January 14th 2011 - 02:27 UTC

  Chile's Defense Minister Resigns From Cabinet

  

  Chile's Defence Minister resigned, the government said, the first minister to leave the Cabinet since President Sebastian Piñera took power last year.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2010 - 07:31 UTC

  South America’s main naval show takes off in Chile; HMS Gloucester present

  

  With the participation of delegations from 34 countries South America’s largest naval exposition was officially opened Tuesday in Valaparaíso. The seventh edition of ExpoNaval is scheduled to last until next Friday with business deals reaching 600 million US dollars according to the organizers.

• Thursday, July 29th 2010 - 01:24 UTC

  Chile and Bolivia jointly celebrate mine-clearance in border areas

  

  Chile and Bolivian Defence ministers and Army commanders will be meeting Thursday to sign documents declaring Fields free of mines, the border areas of Tambo Quemado 1 and Tambo Quemado 2 along their common border which until only recently were planted with thousands of mines.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2010 - 07:04 UTC

  Peru and Chile agree on confidence building measures in defence affairs

  

  Peruvian Defence Minister Rafael Rey said this week that representatives from Chile and Peru would meet next Monday for the first time in an effort to establish common criteria for approving military expenditures. Rey also said he would meet with his Chilean counterpart, Jaime Ravinet, in Lima in August.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 01:23 UTC

  Peru to Question Chile’s “Arms Build-Up” in the EU/Latam Madrid Summit

  

  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.

• Saturday, April 24th 2010 - 08:20 UTC

  Chile/Argentina Agree on Military Cooperation and a Joint Force for UN Peace Tasks

  

  Chile and Argentina agreed Friday an ample cooperation in military issues including the design and manufacturing of a joint aircraft for their respective air forces and the training of a rapid deployment force in support of United Nations peace missions.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 01:18 UTC

  Chilean Navy incorporates largest vessel ever: a 42.000 tons logistics supply unit

  

  The Chilean Navy incorporated this week its largest unit, a 42.000 tons tanker, AO-52 “Almirante Montt” which will play a vital role in supplying the surface fleet. The tanker was purchased from the US Navy and will replace AO-53 “Araucano” decommissioned after forty years service.