Latin American countries hold evidence of US’s spying program
Tension between the US and Latin America countries related to the disclosure of the US’s spying program shows no sign of easing as they hold evidence of the US tracking Argentinean officers. Argentine’s Foreign Minister Hector Timerman responded to the Radio Nacional Argentine on Monday to say that he had received a list of email usernames and the passwords of 100 victims of US espionage and handed it over to Argentine’s judicial body for investigation. Timerman said the list included several government and high-profile cabinet members.
Meanwhile, whistleblower Edward Snowden has been stranded at the transit area of Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia, since late June. Snowden, while being offered a humanitarian asylum by Bolivia, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, has yet been able to find safe passage due to the lack of legal documents.
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| A television screen shows former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden during a news bulletin at a cafe at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. (Photo: Reuters) |
In related news, sociology professor Stephen Svallfors of the Swedish Academy of Sciences has nominated Snowden for a Nobel Peace Prize in a letter addressed to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.