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Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 06:26 UTC
Bolivia wants EU ambassadors to reveal who said Snowden was aboard Morales plane

Bolivia demanded France, Portugal, Spain and Italy reveal who told them that former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden was aboard President Evo Morales' flight from Moscow last week.
Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 06:23 UTC
State Department confirms dialogue with Brazil on the alleged intelligence activity

The US State Department spokesperson during the daily briefing declined to comment on the alleged intelligence activity in Brazil but admitted dialogue with the Brazilians through normal diplomatic channels, but those conversations ‘of course we would keep private’.
Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 06:17 UTC
Brazil investigating if telecom companies cooperated with the US spying program

Brazil began an investigation Monday into whether telecommunications firms operating in the country cooperated with the U.S. as part of a spying program that has collected data on billions of telephone and email conversations. Anatel, the government agency that regulates the telecom sector in Brazil, said in a note that it's working with federal police and other government agencies on the investigation.
Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 00:01 UTC
Brazilian Congress wants to question ambassador about US surveillance in the country

Lawmakers in Brazil said Monday they want to question Washington's ambassador here about revelations that the United States has collected and stored the e-mail and telephone records of millions of Brazilians.
Monday, July 8th 2013 - 04:13 UTC
Brazil demands an explanation from the US regarding electronic surveillance of its citizens and companies

Brazil will demand an explanation from the United States over reports its citizens' electronic communications have been under surveillance by US spy agencies for at least a decade, foreign minister Antonio Patriota said on Sunday.
Saturday, July 6th 2013 - 07:16 UTC
Venezuela and Nicaragua prepared to offer ‘humanitarian asylum’ to Snowden

Presidents Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela said Friday they were willing to grant asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden. The NSA whistleblower has asked for asylum in several countries, including Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Saturday, July 6th 2013 - 06:44 UTC
US economy adds more jobs than forecasted; markets looking at the Fed’s reaction

The US economy added a net 195,000 new jobs in June, official figures show. The figure was well above economists' expectations of 165,000. Revisions to data for April and May added a further 70,000 jobs to previous estimates. This means the jobless rate remained steady at 7.6% of the workforce, according to data from the Bureau of Labour Statistics.
Friday, July 5th 2013 - 06:50 UTC
Departing US ambassador in Buenos Aires praises strengthened relations with Argentina

Amidst Independence Day celebrations, US ambassador in Argentina Vilma Martínez bid farewell to her post after almost four years in office, assuring that the relationship between both countries “has been strengthened.”
Tuesday, July 2nd 2013 - 10:08 UTC
Unedited full version of Edward Snowden statement

US citizenship: a weapon for the government? Is this spy a hero or criminal? A petition demanding the Obama administration pardon Snowden has collected over 120,000 digital signatures, way above the threshold where the White House should issue a response.
Tuesday, July 2nd 2013 - 09:17 UTC
Ecuador 'helped Snowden by mistake,' asylum in doubt

Edward Snowden will not necessarily be granted asylum in Ecuador, and any travel aid given to him was purely accidental, the Ecuadorian President has said. He also rebuked WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for speaking on the part of Ecuador.