Tag: Edward Snowden

• Saturday, July 20th 2013 - 05:22 UTC

  All four EU countries involved in the Morales plane incident have officially apologized

  

  Italy and Portugal have officially apologized for involvement in illegally re-routing the plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales earlier this month during a flight home from Moscow. On 3 July a number Western European countries closed their airspace to the presidential aircraft on a false suspicion that leaker of US electronic spying Edward Snowden was onboard, forcing the plane to land in Vienna.

• Wednesday, July 17th 2013 - 07:31 UTC

  Bolivia violated military aircraft immunity, claims Brazilian Ministry of Defence

  

  Bolivia violated the immunity of a Brazilian Air Force plane which in October 2011 was carrying Defence minister Celso Amorim and with no search warrant proceeded to inspect the aircraft suspecting opposition Senator Roger Pinto might be on board, claimed Brazilian authorities.

• Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 23:10 UTC

  Following the Snowden incident, Russia’s secret service orders typewriters

  

  The Kremlin's security agency is buying up typewriters to avoid damaging leaks in a move said to be motivated by the recent US surveillance scandals. Russia's Federal Protective Service, the KGB's successor in charge of protecting President Vladimir Putin and his officials, placed an order for 20 typewriters, according to the state procurement website.

• Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 17:03 UTC

  Spain formally apologizes for the air incident involving Bolivian president Morales

  

  Angel Vásquez, Spain's ambassador in La Paz, has delivered a letter to the Bolivian foreign ministry apologising for the aerial incident that forced Evo Morales to make an unscheduled stop in Vienna.

• Monday, July 15th 2013 - 14:53 UTC

  Brazil: internet providers will have to store domestic communications in the country

  

  Brazil may soon require global Internet service providers (ISPs) to store domestic communications data in the country in response to reports that the US widely spies on telephone and Internet traffic across Latin America.

• Sunday, July 14th 2013 - 23:53 UTC

  Argentina litigation with hedge funds; ‘US could end siding with Buenos Aires’ says Washington Post

  

  The United States Justice, Treasure and State Department officials met on Friday with lawyers both from Argentina and hedge funds that refused to accept the administrations of presidents Nestor Kirchner and Cristina Fernandez debt swaps, The Washington Post reported on Saturday.

• Saturday, July 13th 2013 - 13:34 UTC

  Mercosur blasts EU countries over Morales incident and condemn US electronic surveillance

  

  Mercosur leaders agreed on Friday to call home for consultation their ambassadors to Spain, France, Italy and Portugal to protest last week's forced diversion of the Bolivian president's aircraft. They also strongly defended their right to offer asylum Friday, venting anger at claims of US spying in the region while intelligence leaker Edward Snowden's fate hangs in the balance.

• Friday, July 12th 2013 - 08:28 UTC

  Despite US ‘spying’ Rousseff’s state visit to Washington is still on, says Brazilian congress

  

  Disclosures alleging that the United States has collected data on billions of telephone and email conversations in Brazil will not affect Brazil-U.S. relations, said the head of the country’s joint congressional committee on intelligence.

• Thursday, July 11th 2013 - 07:22 UTC

  Falklands: Ambassador Castro renews sovereignty claims and blasts the US for spying

  

  Argentine ambassador to the United Kingdom Alicia Castro renewed Argentina’s sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands and put the Edward Snowden spy row on London’s table: “We are free nations that neither need nor want to be spied on,” Castro warned.

• Wednesday, July 10th 2013 - 17:25 UTC

  Spain apologizes to Bolivia for ‘any misunderstanding’ regarding Morales plane incident

  

  Spain's foreign minister Tuesday offered apologies to Bolivia's Evo Morales for “any misunderstanding” linked to last week's diversion of the Latin American leader's aircraft, but insisted that Madrid never barred the plane from its airspace. Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo addressed the issue at a breakfast with reporters in Madrid.