Tag: Patriota

By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Minister of External Relations Antonio Patriota has reiterated demands for urgent clarifications from the United States over allegations that the National Security Agency (NSA) – the country’s communications surveillance agency –...

By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The United States has informed the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the current U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, Thomas A. Shannon, will end his rotation in the country later this...