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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWell, Evo MORALES and SNOWDEN might have put some thought intor their actions
SO funny, the tweets among the PRESIDENTS, like, "Cristina!1 (President of Argentina) I'm not allowed to leave AUSTRIA!1" (Evo to President of Argentina.) And how these PRESIDENTS (like Shrub in the past) - AND the ZIMMERMAN defense attorney on Day 1 and the "governor" of TX/GOODHAIR, "decide"/believe they can JOKE, like MADURO/Venezuela ended the press conference with, "No more questions, gotta go, SNOWDEN is waiting for me!1"
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/world/snowden.html?_r=0
[font size=5]Barring of Bolivian Plane Infuriates Latin America as Snowden Case Widens[/font]
CARACAS, Venezuela The geopolitical storm churned up by Edward J. Snowden, the fugitive American intelligence contractor, continued to spread on Wednesday as Latin American leaders roundly condemned the refusal to let Bolivias president fly over several European nations, rallying to his side after Bolivian officials said the presidents plane had been thwarted because of suspicions that Mr. Snowden was on board. ....
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Argentina said the episode had vestiges of a colonialism that we thought was completely overcome, describing it as a humiliating act that affected all of South America. ....
Mr. Snowden and his disclosures have touched different chords in each region. In Europe, Ms. Patel noted, they have provoked memories of the police states created by fascism and communism, with their heavy-handed surveillance of their own people. In Latin America, she said, they have touched on a wellspring of resentment over the legacy of colonialism and American power, as well as the regions own history of secretive dictatorships. ....
Karl-Heinz Grundböck, a spokesman for the Austrian Interior Ministry, said that the Austrian border authorities carried out a routine check of the passports of everyone aboard Mr. Moraless plane after it landed and that they were also granted permission to search the plane to ensure that Mr. Snowden was not aboard. The rumors were just that, Mr. Grundböck said. ....
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(29,876 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)They are supposed to except their subservient position and act accordingly.
UTUSN
(70,711 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)UTUSN
(70,711 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)Who put other countries into a position of having to apologize.
UTUSN
(70,711 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)He was soooo sure Snowden was on the plane, he had his Euro-stooges block their flight. Guess what? No Snowden. Epic Fail for Obama's Surveillence State.
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(70,711 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)I am certainly not surprised. He has hit the powers-that-be where it hurts. In the end, they will destroy Snowden, but not before they take a real beating on the world stage.