Brazil’s political leaders are speaking out against the U.S. government following the latest revelations that the NSA has been indiscriminately collecting the communications of millions of Brazilian citizens.
In a series of statements, Brazilian officials are now demanding answers from the U.S. as well as revamped international safeguards to protect citizens from such abuses of power.
“The Brazilian government is gravely concerned by the news that electronic and telephone communications of Brazilian citizens are the objective of espionage efforts by U.S. intelligence agencies,” a Brazil foreign ministry statement said on Monday.
Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota expressed “deep concern” on Sunday “at the report that electronic and telephone communications of Brazilian citizens are being the object of espionage by organs of American intelligence.”
The Brazilian government “has asked for clarifications” through the U.S. Embassy in Brazil and Brazil’s embassy in Washington, Patriota said.
Patriota also said that the Brazilian government now plans to propose changes to international communications rules administered by the Geneva-based International Telecommunications Union to improve communications secrecy, and will present proposals to the United Nations to protect the privacy of electronic communication, Reuters reports.
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Brazilian communications minister Paulo Bernardo, said on Monday that the agency likely intercepted the communications via satellite or by tapping undersea cables—a move he said would breach Brazilian law.
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