{"id":382,"date":"2008-12-26T09:20:31","date_gmt":"2008-12-26T13:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=382"},"modified":"2008-12-26T09:20:31","modified_gmt":"2008-12-26T13:20:31","slug":"brazil-and-france-sign-arms-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/brazil-and-france-sign-arms-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil and France Sign Arms Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, President Nicolas Sarkozy was in Brazil, where he met with President Lula in Rio de Janeiro. On Tuesday, they signed an arms agreement worth US$12 billion to help Brazil protect its oil fields and the Amazon.<\/p>\n

The deal involves the purchase of fifty Super Cougar helicopters from France, as well as the joint assembly of a nuclear submarine and four diesel submarines. The deal will make Brazil the first Latin American country to own a nuclear submarine. France will also provide night vision equipment and remote monitoring technology for military use in the Amazon.<\/p>\n

For more information, see Bloomberg<\/a> and the LA Times<\/a> coverage.<\/p>\n

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This week, President Nicolas Sarkozy was in Brazil, where he met with President Lula in Rio de Janeiro. On Tuesday, they signed an arms agreement worth US$12 billion to help Brazil protect its oil fields and the Amazon. The deal involves the purchase of fifty Super Cougar helicopters from France, as well as the joint…<\/p>\n

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