Terror-Haven Latin American Contries
Bash NSA
By Joseph Klein
Five foreign ministers from member states comprising the Latin American Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) trade bloc, led by Venezuela’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Elías Jaua, met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on August 5th to condemn the United States for spying on them. They expressed their serious concerns about alleged U.S. electronic surveillance of their countries as disclosed by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden.
Aside from the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, the other attendees at the meeting included H.E. Mr. Héctor Timerman, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina; H.E. Mr. David Choquehuanca, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia; H.E. Mr. Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil; and H.E. Mr. Luis Almagro, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay.
Following the closed-door meeting with the Secretary General, the foreign ministers met with reporters. Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaua delivered a long monologue in Spanish describing what was discussed at the meeting. U.S. spying, he said, constituted a violation of fundamental human rights of citizens of his country and of all countries of the world.
Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Patriota then summarized in English the message he and his colleagues delivered to the Secretary General, which he characterized as an “alert.” He said that the Snowden allegations had “grave implications,” raising questions regarding “respect to individual rights, the right to privacy, and the right to information.”
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Unsaid is the dangerous threat to all countries in the region, including the United States homeland, posed by Iran and its terrorist proxy Hezbollah which MERCOSUR countries, particularly Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil, have allowed to grow with relative impunity in their countries. Instead of confronting head-on this escalating terrorist threat which can result in mass fatalities among their civilian populations, these governments have chosen to condemn the United States for taking legitimate defensive measures against the terrorists’ physical presence in close proximity to the United States.
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