Argentina, as well as other countries in Latin America such as Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Panama and Costa Rica, was constantly spied by the United States, as proven by documents revealed by ex-CIA analyst Edward Snowden.
Argentinian media outlets are commenting today information that the Brazilian newspaper O Globo published today, according to which this country was the target of the wire tapping network set up by the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States.
Those secret actions were increased during the agony and death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on March 5, said O Globo, starting from revelations by Snowden, who is still looking for a country where he can take refuge, and according to reports, he requested formally political asylum in Venezuela.
To the NSA and the CIA, Brazil Colombia and Mexico were the priority targets, but also “Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Paraguay, Chile, Peru and El Salvador were also spied, although with less intensity.”
It also revealed that, as well as a “base for espionage” that operated in Brasilia, there were similar others operating in Caracas, Bogota, Panama City and Mexico City.
The US spying network denounced by Snowden was not only interested in military issues, but also in trade secrets, said the note in the Brazilian newspaper.
In that framework, it said the espionage was specially focused on Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, besides the areas of “oil” in Venezuela and “energy” in Mexico.
The text said that together with Brazil and Mexico, another “priority target” was Colombia, where the movements of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia were monitored.
The article in O Globo was signed by journalist Glenn Greenwald, who lives in Brazil and is a collaborator of the British newspaper The Guardian, which published the documents revealed by the ex-CIA analyst.
Europeans at OAS Justify Refusal of Fly Over for Evo Morales
Representatives from France, Spain, Italy and Portugal justified today to the Organization of American States (OAS) the refusal to allow the aircraft of President Evo Morales access to their airspace last week , an incident deemed offensive by the international community.
For them the allegations and global criticisms are “unfair and false” after their authorities canceled the flight permits to Morales plane.
The presidential plane has its transit permit suspended on suspicion of carrying Edward Snowden, the technician of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States who is being prosecuted for revealing details of a secret program of federal espionage.
The four countries from the old continent called stated that they did not violate any international treaty, canceled or obstructed the passage of the airplane through their airspace.
They further refused to apologize for the incident, as they did not intend to endanger the life of Morales and demanded that the OAS avoided overstating the case.
Spain only excused itself if there was a misunderstanding due to its ambassador to Austria, Alberto Carnero, wanted to board the presidential plane where Snowden was suspected to be hidden.
“We regret the actions of the office in Vienna (…) it was never our intention to cause problems”, justified the Spanish diplomat Jorge Hevia.
Meanwhile, Italy demanded it not be mentioned directly or indirectly in any statement of rejection of the event and asked about apologized to Bolivia.
The OAS Permanent Council discussed on this day the grievances suffered by President Morales.
The ambassadors of Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru reiterated their condemnation of that fact, and insisted it constituted a violation of international law and described it as an improper act against a head of state.
Via PL