The Long View: How Argentina and Brazil Stepped Back from a Nuclear Race
The Long View: How Argentina and Brazil Stepped Back from a Nuclear Race
By
Matias Spektor
In AQ’s new feature on Latin American history, how Argentina and Brazil ensured their rivalry stayed limited to the soccer field.
This article is adapted from the Fall 2015 print edition of Americas Quarterly. To subscribe, please click here
The severe tone of the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate of September 8, 1982, was worthy of the darkest moments of the Cold War. It warned that if Country A built a nuclear device, “security relationships” in the entire region “would be upset.” Furthermore, it warned Country B “could be prompted to move as quickly as possible to attain a nuclear weapons...
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