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Brazil's Defense Minister: "South American Defense Council is not the business of the US"

The project is part of the Union of South American Nation (Unasur) alliance formed by Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay and Venezuela

Western Hemisphere
The Unites States should not intervene in the South American Defense Council (CDS), said the Brazilian minister of Defense, Nelson Jobim.

Jobim reminded that he already talked about the project with the US Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates; and the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, during a meeting with both top US officials last month in Washington, AFP reported.

"They asked me about the CDS and I told them that the South American defense system is an issue that matters the countries of our region. It is not a business of the United States," told Jobim to the Buenos Aires newspaper La Nación.

The project is part of the Union of South American Nation (Unasur) alliance formed by Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay and Venezuela.


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