Brazil & Southern Cone - 23 November 2004
Confronting the US on regional security
Even before the defence ministers of the hemisphere met in Quito on 17 November, Brazilian officials were busy briefing the media that they would be opposing US plans to reform the Inter-American Defence Board, an OAS-linked body which has a consultative role on conventional defence matters. Newly-appointed Defence Minister José Alencar, making his international debut at the meeting, also distanced Brazil from the US push to make its 'war on terror' the overriding international security issue.
Even before the defence ministers of the hemisphere met in Quito on 17 November, Brazilian officials were busy briefing the media that they would be opposing US plans to reform the Inter-American Defence Board, an OAS-linked body which has a consultative role on conventional defence matters. Newly-appointed Defence Minister José Alencar, making his international debut at the meeting, also distanced Brazil from the US push to make its 'war on terror' the overriding international security issue.
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