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Weekly Report - 15 October 2009 (WR-09-41)
PERU-CHILE: War games stoke tension
Chile will carry out its sixth annual military exercise - “Salitre" -
in Antofagasta between 19 and 30 October. It will be a multinational air combat
training exercise, during which Chilean F-16 fighter pilots will engage fighters
from Argentina, Brazil, France and the US. Bolivia will send observers. Peru
will not. The Peruvian government objected to the scenario - a hypothetical
invasion of Chile by a country from the north in contravention of international
treaties. The Chilean air force placated Peru by changing this fictitious
scenario after “talks" with the US, but relations remain volatile.
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