Tag: surveillance

By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Midrash Cultural Center in Leblon is presenting a timely debate titled "The End of Privacy and the U.S. Government's Listening Program" ("Fim da Privacidade e o Programa de...

By Stephanie Foden, Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – Fresh allegations of U.S. spying on Brazil's top leaders emerged on Sunday. President Dilma Rousseff and top aides have had confidential communication intercepted by the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA), Rio-based...

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 – Just three months ahead of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s state visit to the United States, relations between the two countries are being tested by allegations that the National Security Agency...