>I also had no idea that Brazil is one of the world's largest exporters of armaments. What concerns me is that they have such a lack of prohibitions on resale of their exports so those weapons could get into the hands of the wrong people very easily.

You should not be concerned, Tracy, just remember that the US supplied weapons and military advice to Iran, Iraq and Afeganistan in the past <s>

Instead, we should enforce and support International laws and tribunals.