Activity in the global arms trade declined 38 percent last year, according to a report released by the US Congressional Research Service. Sales dropped from $65.2 billion in 2009 to $40.4 billion, the lowest level since 2003. In spite of its financial crisis the US continues to lead the pack with 57.2% of the market, [...]
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International journalists, diplomats, NGO representatives and spokesmen of the Haitian government agreed that the situation in Haiti is chaotic after the earthquake that devastated Port au Prince, whose deaths exceed 50,000 sources, according to the Panamerican Health Organization. A man looks for a body among hundreds of earthquake victims at the morgue in [...]
In recent weeks, much has been written in the media about the purchase of armaments and military technology by some South American countries like Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela. On the subject of the arms race in our subcontinent, I would like to make a few comments, some of them are strictly personal opinions [...]
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