Tag: United States Department of Defense

• Monday, December 8th 2014 - 06:42 UTC

  US confirms Uruguay has received the six Guantanamo detainees

  

  The United States Department of Defense announced on Sunday the transfer to Uruguay of six detainees from the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba, a long announced event which was postponed several times allegedly because of bureaucratic delays in the US and controversy in Uruguay.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 19:35 UTC

  British BAE Systems First non-US Arms Company to Lead SIPRI’s Top 100 List

  

  With arms sales reaching 32.4 billion in 2008, BAE Systems is the first non-US company to lead SIPRI's Top 100 list of the largest arms-producing companies.