NationMaster - Brazilian Military statistics

Air force personnel	50,000		[11th of 49]
(per capita)	0.027 per 100 population		[34th of 49]
Armed forces growth	4		[65th of 132]
Armed forces personnel	288,000		[18th of 166]
(per capita)	1.54745 per 1,000 people		[119th of 166]
Arms exports > constant 1990 US$	62,000,000 constant 1990 US$	...	[18th of 45]
(per capita)	0.333 constant 1990 US$ per 1	...	[32nd of 83]
Arms imports > constant 1990 US$	142,000,000 constant 1990 US$	...	[33rd of 100]
(per capita)	0.762 constant 1990 US$ per c	...	[62nd of 170]
Army personnel	195,000		[13th of 49]
(per capita)	1.04775 per 1,000 people		[37th of 49]
Branches Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil (MB), includes Naval Air and Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais)), Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira, FAB) (2007)
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Ratification	24 JUL 1998
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty > Signatures and Ratifications > Signature	24 SEP 1996
Conscription Conscription exists.
Conventional arms exports	$100,000,000.00		[14th of 40]
(per $ GDP)	0.067 per $1,000		[25th of 40]
(per capita)	0.537 per 1 population		[28th of 40]
Conventional arms imports	$38,000,000.00		[49th of 85]
(per $ GDP)	0.025 per $1,000		[83rd of 85]

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SOURCES: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.

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COMMENTARY

From Rio
26th November 2005

Independence Day: September 7 1822 (From Portugal after a 322-year rule). Brazil then became an Empire, not a Republic, and the Emperor was the heir to Portugal's throne who decided to rebel against his daddy and live here instead.
Major armed conflicts? Before Independence, the French and Dutch tried to estabilish themselves in Brazilian territory but failed.
After the Independence, the big conflict was Paraguayan War. In which Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay teamed up against Paraguayan crazy dictator Solano Lopez. The Paraguayan armed forces were at the time stronger than everyone else combined, but they still failed because of poor planning. The bloodshed was such that half of the Paraguayan population was killed.
This war, despite a victory, was a major blow to the Brazilian economy. The subsequent crisis strenghtened the desire for a big reform of the government system, and we decided to turn into a Republic in 1889.
And Brazil was also the only Latin American nation to fight in European soil during WW-II. Sided with the Allies, of course. Brazilian army won some battles in Italy.
Today the Armed forces are experiencing some hardships in Brazil because the government is making an effort to reduce expenditures, and there's not much need for a powerful Defense system in the relatively peaceful region of South America.

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