Brazil Dictatorship Wanted Atomic Bomb

[Judi Lynn]

Brazil Dictatorship Wanted Atomic Bomb
By HAROLD OLMOS, Associated Press Writer
Mon Aug 8,11:20 AM ET

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A former president has disclosed that the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for two decades tried to develop an atomic bomb, but says the program was scrapped when an elected government assumed power in 1985.

The 1964-85 dictatorship was long suspected of seeking nuclear weapons, but ex-President Jose Sarney's comments Sunday were the first confirmation of the program.

Sarney, who led the first democratic civilian government after the dictatorship ended and previously denied the existence of the program, said he was informed that the military had dug a deep well for an eventual nuclear test explosion in a remote area of the northern state of Para.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050808/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_atom_bomb;_ylt=AidY5NYXKR7lT1hnO8FUfN9vaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

[MisterP]

1. maybe they got some help from the Nazis we tipped a wink at?

we installed the dictatorship and three dozen others across the planet

[NNN0LHI]

2. Brazilian Military Dictatorship Was Working to Develop Nuclear Arms, Ex-Pr

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBHZF6A5CE.html

Brazilian Military Dictatorship Was Working to Develop Nuclear Arms, Ex-President Confirms

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - A former president has disclosed that the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for two decades tried to develop an atomic bomb, but says the program was scrapped when an elected government assumed power in 1985.

The 1964-85 dictatorship was long suspected of seeking nuclear weapons, but ex-President Jose Sarney's comments Sunday were the first confirmation of the program.

Sarney, who led the first democratic civilian government after the dictatorship ended and previously denied the existence of the program, said he was informed that the military had dug a deep well for an eventual nuclear test explosion in a remote area of the northern state of Para.

He did not say when or how he received the information, but it was shortly after he became president in 1985.

[Chicago Democrat]

3. Good for them... yawn

This is getting boring folks. Every nation that wants them, should have them. MAD theory works. Always has. Always will.