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Montevideo, July 4th 2025 - 09:57 UTC

Tag: NATO

  • Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:57 UTC

    Trump declares Brazil a trusted major non-NATO ally of the US

    Countries with Non-NATO Ally status enjoy a higher level of trust with Washington, allowing them priority access to the US weapons market

    President Donald Trump on Wednesday boosted Brazil's status as a US military ally, easing the path for the Latin American giant to buy more sophisticated weaponry. In a notice sent to the State Department, Trump said, “I hereby designate the Federative Republic of Brazil as a major Non-NATO Ally of the United States,” referring to the powerful North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

  • Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 16:11 UTC

    Germany and a woman take the European Commission presidency

    If successful - her nomination requires parliamentary approval - Mrs. von der Leyen would be the first woman to take on the Commission presidency

    Ursula von der Leyen's name is unlikely to have cropped up in early conversations as European leaders wrangled over the best candidate to replace Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. But after proposed compromise deals collapsed, Germany's defiance minister and close ally of Angela Merkel has emerged from the shadows as their nominee for the top job.

  • Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 09:25 UTC

    NATO does not discard Latin American countries joining as alliance partners

    “Until 2017, NATO didn’t have any partners in Latin America and then in 2017 we got our first partner, which was Colombia,” the NATO leader said.

    NATO can look at the possibility of other Latin American states joining Colombia in becoming alliance partners, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday, while appearing to rule out U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Brazil could one day become a full member of the North Atlantic security body.

  • Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 10:30 UTC

    Trump and the “Trump of the tropics” exchange conservative praise

    In a joint news conference in the White House Rose Garden, Trump said he told Bolsonaro he would designate Brazil a major non-NATO ally

    United States president Donald Trump and Brazil’s new leader Jair Bolsonaro forged a bond over their shared brand of conservative and populist politics on Tuesday, with Trump pledging to give more U.S. support to Brazil’s global ambitions.

  • Friday, March 15th 2019 - 10:30 UTC

    Sponsored by US, Brazil is to become “a major non-Nato ally”

    Bolsonaro will meet US President Donald Trump in the White House on Tuesday during a visit aimed at strengthening economic, political and military ties

    The United States will strengthen military ties with Brazil to a level usually reserved for NATO allies during President Jair Bolsonaro's visit to Washington next week, boosting growing cooperation between the Americas' two largest militaries, Brazilian government officials said on Thursday.

  • Wednesday, January 23rd 2019 - 07:44 UTC

    France and Germany ratify integration process, but not all of Europe is happy

    There is rich symbolism in the signing in the German city of Aachen, which has changed hands over the centuries and is known in French as Aix-la-Chapelle.

    France and Germany have signed a new treaty on Tuesday aimed at breathing new life into their place at the centre of the European Union. As the UK moves to leave the EU and a rising tide of populism challenges the core liberal values of the bloc, the new treaty commits wholeheartedly to defending it.

  • Wednesday, August 8th 2018 - 06:00 UTC

    “UK is and will remain a tier one military power”, after Brexit, Defense Secretary tells Washington

    “Britain leaving the EU has no impact in terms of the security and defense of Europe,” Mr. Williamson said in a speech at the Atlantic Council in Washington

    British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson insisted on Tuesday that Britain's military will not be diminished after it leaves the European Union next year. “Britain leaving the European Union has no impact in terms of the security and defense of Europe,” Mr Williamson said in a speech at the Atlantic Council in Washington.

  • Friday, July 13th 2018 - 10:26 UTC

    Donald Trump unwelcome in London: ‘Trump baby’ blimp will fly over the Parliament

    A six-meter balloon depicting Mr Trump will fly near the parliament today.

    The unpopularity of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, shown apparent by Thursday night, when protests started as soon as he landed in London for a meeting with the PM Theresa May. The US president, as the main event of his trip, will hold talks with the prime minister May and the new foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, at the PM’s Chequers country retreat.

  • Thursday, July 12th 2018 - 05:22 UTC

    Donald Trump to push NATO on Military Spending

    Trump told European allies they should increase their defense spending, claiming that the U.S. is financing Europe’s defense while Germany pays billons on Russian energy.

    Amid tense relations with some NATO members and conflictive economic relations with China due the “America First” policy, United States President Donald Trump criticized European Allies on Wednesday in Brussels.

  • Tuesday, June 26th 2018 - 09:03 UTC

    UK government under pressure to increase defense budget to 3% of GDP

    The defense committee repeated its call for the Government to raise defense spending from the NATO minimum of 2% of GDP to 3% – around £60 billion a year

    The British government must increase spending on the armed forces if Britain is to maintain its defense relationship with the United States, MPs have warned. The Commons Defense Committee said without further investment, UK forces would struggle to maintain “interoperability” with the US military, diminishing their usefulness as allies.