Don't look to Lula for any help. He's a left-winger. Brazil will continue to allow Arab residents to send money to terrorists.
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03/09/2003 5:02:03 PM PST by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
Before joining the MTCR, Brazil created the civilian-run Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) in February 1994 to coordinate and plan all satellite and space launch programs, and in August 1995, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso announced that "Brazil no longer possesses, nor does it produce or intend to produce, to import or to export long-range military missiles capable of carrying weapons of mass destruction." Brazil became an official member of the MTCR in October 1995. As a member, Brazil was permitted to retain its space launch program, and agreed to terminate its ballistic missile projects and to pass legislation that would tighten export control laws for dual-use items.
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Foreign assistance
Brazil's rocket programs have always depended on foreign assistance. The press has reported, for example, the sale of Russian carbon fiber technology for use in rocket motor cases, test benches for liquid fueled rocket motors developed with the assistance of Russian scientists, and instruction by Russian scientists in the use of liquid propellants.
For more information, see "Brazil: First Flight of VLS Space Launcher Fails," and "Brazil's Rockets," in Volume 4, Issue 1 (January-February 1998) of the Risk Report, "Brazil: General Confirms Import of Russian Missile Materials," in Volume 2, Issue 4 (July-August 1996) of the Risk Report, and "Brazil: Trying to Give Up Missiles," in Volume 1, Issue 3 (April 1995) of the Risk Report.
Brazil's Rockets and Missiles: Update 2000
The Risk Report
Volume 6 Number 6 (November-December 2000)
http://www.wisconsinproject.org/countries/brazil/missile2000.htm