The movement for regional arms control in Latin America
In: Journal of Inter-American studies and world affairs, Volume 13, p. 1-17
ISSN: 0022-1937
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In: Journal of Inter-American studies and world affairs, Volume 13, p. 1-17
ISSN: 0022-1937
In: Journal of Interamerican studies and world affairs, Volume 13, Issue 1, p. 1-17
ISSN: 2162-2736
The post-World War II period in Latin America, as elsewhere, has been marked by the presence of two somewhat contradictory phenomena in the field of armaments. On the one hand, most of the countries have continued their long-standing tradition of devoting a substantial portion of their national budgets to the military and have expanded their arsenals of weapons and stocks of military equipment. On the other hand, several governments have suggested various arms control measures for the Latin American countries. The aim of some of these suggestions has been a reduction in the level of armaments, equipment, and force size; the aim of other suggestions has been more modest—to freeze armaments and forces at existing levels; and the aim of still other suggestions has been to ban nuclear weapons from the region.