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Latin America | 28 October, 2009 [ 10:20 ]

Bolivia may support Peru's campaign against regional armaments build up


LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra

According to Bolivia's Ambassador to Peru, Franz Solano, his country has “open doors” for listening to Peru's proposal on regional disarmament.

"Bolivia's doors are open to analyze this proposal, in the frame of peace, brotherhood and development of the peoples," ambassador Solano told the press.

He also said that Bolivia is a country that loves peace and does not like any arms buildup in South America. Bolivia would always support initiatives to reduce excessive arms expenses and boost the fight against poverty, Solano declared.

However, international press reported recently that Bolivia made a major purchase of military equipment worth over US $100 million dollars.

Peru is currently promoting a campaign against arms buildup in the region.

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1 Comment

# locojhon says :
28 October, 2009 [ 22:31 ]

And how much is Bolivia's (non-offensive weapon purchases) compared to Peru's similar expenditures?
I think that the idea is not only great for Peru and Bolivia, but for peace throughout all of South America--presupposing of course, that the armaments also included the value of other nations' (USA, Russia, etc.) equipment, manpower/value of their installations etc. in the calculations.
Otherwise, the numbers mean nothing at all, right?
And fair is fair,,,right?
And peace and self-determination is the object, right???
Or wrong? 
Whaddyathinkaboutit?  Crazy, or what?

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