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The president of Brazil recently canceled a visit to Washington DC, because the NSA had spied on her and the Brazilian government.
President of Brazil (photo: Wiki Commons)
Opinion
By Cassius Methyl
Many governments appear to be upset with the US government at this moment, yet it is noteworthy to point out that one more government became so upset with the US government that they refused to communicate.
President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, called off the elaborate meeting (complete with fancy dinner) that was planned for October 23.
The White House said that Obama and Rousseff had agreed that the state visit would go better when ‘relations between the two nations were less tense.’[1]
The Brazilian government basically said they would not meet with US officials because the US government has made no attempt to stop spying on Brazilian officials, and rightfully so. People can not apologize for things sincerely, and continue to do them.
“The illegal interception of communications data belonging to citizens, companies and members of the Brazilian government are a grave matter, an assault on national sovereignty and individual rights, and are incompatible with relations between friendly nations,” said the statement from the Brazilian government.
Another reason this is noteworthy, is that the US government is being directly called criminal, as they are, and surely we will see more and more of this, as the other governments of the world get more and more fed up with the exceedingly ridiculous government of the United States.
A classified document leaked by Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA had intercepted communications between President Rousseff and other members of government, along with communications of other members of the Brazilian government.
Hopefully more foreign people in positions of power will take a stand to the criminal monstrosity that is the US government, and the people with influence over the US government.
For now, occurrences like this can be observed, and possibly used to gauge the level at which foreign governments are opposed to the US government.
However, keep in mind that we are seeing exactly what we are allowed to see, by these powerful people. Often the most important issues and things of concern are blacked out of the focus of these people, and the mainstream media especially.
Sources:
[1] Brazil’s president, angry about spying, cancels state visit to U.S. – latimes.com
