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Although Brazil has signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, experts believe it may be working on a nuclear bomb.
Although Brazil has signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, experts believe it may be working on a nuclear bomb. President Lula da Silva's self-confidence is indicative of Brazil's claim to the status of a major power -- including in military terms.
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Only a few months after Lula's inauguration in 2003, the country officially resumed the development of a nuclear-powered submarine. Brazil is probably also developing something else in the plants it has declared as production facilities for nuclear submarines: nuclear weapons. This photo shows the Tikuna submarine being unveiled in 2005.
Foto: ASSOCIATED PRESS/ SILVIA IZQUIERDO
Even during his election campaign, Lula criticized the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), calling it unfair and obsolete.
Foto: Eraldo Peres/ AP
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