Some of the top spenders on defense in Latin America last year:
_ Brazil: $13.2 billion, regular defense budget.
_ Colombia: $6.3 billion, includes regular defense budget, other military spending, costs of police agencies and U.S. military aid.
_ Chile: $3.8 billion , includes defense budget, additional military funding and costs for national police.
_ Mexico: $3.1 billion , defense budget.
_ Argentina: $1.7 billion , defense budget.
_ Venezuela: $1.4 billion, regular defense budget. Does not include other defense deals paid from outside the budget.
Figures compiled by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. Other entries were provided by those countries' defense ministries.
Some of the top spenders on defense in Latin America last year:
_ Brazil: $13.2 billion, regular defense budget.
_ Colombia: $6.3 billion, includes regular defense budget, other military spending, costs of police agencies and U.S. military aid.
_ Chile: $3.8 billion , includes defense budget, additional military funding and costs for national police.
_ Mexico: $3.1 billion , defense budget.
_ Argentina: $1.7 billion , defense budget.
_ Venezuela: $1.4 billion, regular defense budget. Does not include other defense deals paid from outside the budget.
Figures compiled by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. Other entries were provided by those countries' defense ministries.
