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Latin America`s emerging non-proliferation consensus

Journal Article · · Arms Control Today
OSTI ID:45366
Latin America`s incorporation into the international nuclear non-proliferation regime is well advanced. The 1967 Tlatelolco Treaty, which established a regional nuclear-weapon-free zone (NWFZ), is nearing completion. A signal event occurred January 18, when Argentina and Chile deposited instruments of ratification to the treaty, leaving Brazil and Cuba the only major countries in Latin America that are not yet contracting parties. And after more than two decades of concern about the nuclear programs and policies in Argentina and Brazil, there is room for great optimism that Brazil may now be moving quickly on important non-proliferation issues. Even Cuba, the {open_quotes}bad boy of the neighborhood{close_quotes} in the eyes of many, which held aloof from the Tlatelolco process for three decades, has stated its willingness to join the zone in the future.
OSTI ID:
45366
Journal Information:
Arms Control Today, Journal Name: Arms Control Today Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 24; ISSN ACOTEB; ISSN 0196-125X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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