NSA surveillance is a big deal in a lot of countries, but few more than Brazil, where media outlets have covered the spying intensively, and detailed US surveillance of government leaders as well as espionage against major Brazilian companies.
The diplomatic fallout for the US was already significant, but is getting worse, as Brazil has announced that they are cancelling a planned state visit by President Dilma Rousseff to the White House.
Brazilian officials say that the move was the response to their annoyance with the Obama Administration’s responses to their complaints about the NSA. The administration says the move was simply meant to “avoid controversy.”
Rousseff’s office has been intensely critical of the NSA surveillance, dubbing it a violation of national sovereignty, and had previously warned the US that the visit could be shelved if they didn’t provide suitable explanations for the NSA’s misdeeds. Needless to say, they didn’t.
Since President Roussef has also made clear her intent to make a formal complaint against the US spying on everyone at the forthcoming UN General Assembly meeting in October, our wonderful US Government will have another opportunity to squirm, evade, lie and otherwise shame US citizens before the eyes of the world. But I have no doubt that mainstream US media will do their best to black out, distort or minimize what actually goes on in the General Assembly meeting.
Good for Brazil. Brazil is in the BRICS and doesn´t need anything America has to offer, especially banking.
Cue McClown and Grahamnesty demanding the US boycott the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .
That the Obama administration had the arrogance and Chutzpah (shameless audacity) to dismiss the Brazilian sense of rage with constant calls and "NO harm, No Foul, and we''ll keep doing what we have been doing" . The only thing they probably didn't say was, "If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear".
Wake up Brazil America cares for no one but herself and the Zionist they knew spying was wrong but did it so "RUB SALT"
Dilma attending that state dinner will only make you a pappyshow.
Now Dilma be a man and reconsider the purchase of military planes, go after SUs and MIGs. They are better, cheaper and come with no strings attached.
Panic!