巴西拒絕斯諾登避難請求 稱無意對抗美國大綱

The Brazilian government is not interested in investigating the NSA (National Security Agency) and, for this reason, it will not grant asylum to Edward Snowden, who denounced U.S. government spying, in an information exchange that would meet this goal.

Folha revealed today Snowden intention to collaborate with investigations about the NSA and, in return, be granted asylum in Brazil. The newspaper published the full text of the "Open Letter to the People of Brazil" that the former U.S. spy wrote and will send to Brazilian authorities.

According to Folha's investigation, the Foreign Ministry highlights as "positive" part of the letter in which Snowden calls for a mobilization in defense of privacy and basic human rights, which might be at risk because of actions such as the ones made by the NSA .

On the other hand, the Foreign Ministry stressed that Brazil respects the sovereignty of other countries and it does not intend to "payback" the United States. A presidential aide stressed that the Brazilian government could not enter this type of exchanging game, to grant asylum in order to receive information to investigate the actions of the U.S. spy agency.

Besides, the aide said, Brazil "has no interest in doing this kind of interference in the sovereignty of other countries" and "it will not do to them what they did to us." The Brazilian way, according to him, has always been publicly expressed.

Officially, the Presidential Palace has not yet spoken and it might not even speak about it because there is no formal asylum request from Snowden. President Dilma Rousseff was surprised with the information and mobilized the Foreign Ministry to define what position should be taken.

MOBILIZATION

Regarding the mobilization defended by Snowden, Foreign Ministry aides have reinforced that the Brazilian government is already working in this direction and it can count with his help, which will always be welcomed.

The Foreign Ministry emphasized that Brazil, from the beginning, made ​​a point of condemning NSA actions considering them "unacceptable." President Dilma even canceled a state visit to the U.S. in reaction to the episode.

The Foreign Ministry also noted the president's initiative of negotiating with Germany a formalized resolution at the United Nations against American intelligence. The resolution will be voted on this week by the General Assembly of the organization.

The Brazilian government announced that Snowden's open letter requesting shelter in Brazil it does not formally fit the request for political asylum.

For the government, not even the request made by the American in July fit the requirement for asylum. On occasion, a request was sent by fax to several foreign embassies in Russia, when Snowden was temporarily at Sheremetyevo airport, in Moscow.

OPPOSITION

To the leader of the DEM Party in the House of Representatives, Ronaldo Caiado (GO), it does not make sense to grant political asylum to Snowden.

"I think there is nothing that dignifies this man so that Brazil gets involved with this issue at this time. This will bring more issues to Brazil in the international view than any benefit to put a stop to these espionage actions," he said.

"Brazil has to worry about developing their own technology system that is able to stand against these espionage actions that occur not only by the United States," added Caiado.

The Federal Police, which is investigating allegations that President Dilma and Petrobras had been investigated, has already formally requested Snowden's testimony. The request was made through the Foreign Ministry, responsible for contacting Russian authorities. But the police never got a response.據巴西《聖保羅頁報》12月17日報道，巴西政府已經拒絕了愛德華•斯諾登的避難請求，稱不會調查美國的監控醜聞，也不會以提供避難換取情報。

斯諾登16日通過《聖保羅頁報》發佈《致巴西人民的公開信》，表達希望前往巴西尋求政治避難的意願，同時表示願意幫助巴西調查美國國家安全局的監控項目。巴西外交部表示拒絕。另外，由於斯諾登並未正式提交避難申請，巴西總統府沒有做出迴應。

斯諾登在公開信中呼籲保障隱私和基本人權，巴西外交部承認其“積極”意義，表示已經在這個方向進行努力，並且一直歡迎斯諾登提供幫助。巴西外交部同時強調說，巴西尊重他國主權，並且不打算“對付”美國。巴西總統羅塞夫的一名助手錶示，巴西政府“對這樣干涉他國主權沒有興趣，也不會以牙還牙報復美國。

英國《衛報》記者格倫•格林沃爾德9月1日披露，美國國家安全局曾監控巴西總統羅塞夫的電話、電子郵件以及總理助理的通信內容。羅塞夫要求解釋，但美國未能給出滿意答覆。巴西曾通過外交部向俄羅斯官方遞交申請，希望斯諾登提供證據，幫助調查，但沒有收到任何答覆。

巴西民主黨領袖羅納爾多•卡亞多反對斯諾登避難。他說：“這個人（斯諾登）的所作所爲沒有高尚到值得巴西現在捲入這件事的程度。從國際角度來看，參與此事給巴西帶來的麻煩將比阻止監控行爲帶來的好處還要多。巴西應該專心發展自己的技術系統，對抗間諜行爲。”