From the Las Vegas Sun: President Barack Obama's tenure in the White House started with promising words regarding engagement with Latin America, but this summer's news of National Security Agency spying in Brazil, Mexico and elsewhere has undermined that goodwill.
In the latest turn since reporters started unveiling secrets based on the leaks of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday canceled a U.S. visit high on pomp and circumstance as she waits for the United States to mount a proper investigation into the extent of NSA surveillance of her country.
Shortly after Barack Obama took the oath of office as president in 2009 he attended the fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago.
There, then-Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez approached Obama, shook his hand and gave him a copy of "Open Veins of Latin America," Eduardo Galeano's treatise on five centuries of European and United States exploitation of the continent.
At that meeting's opening ceremony, Obama addressed the delegates:
"I know that promises of partnership have gone unfulfilled in the past, and that trust has to be earned over time. While the United States has done much to promote peace and prosperity in the hemisphere, we have at times been disengaged, and at times we sought to dictate our terms. But I pledge to you that we seek an equal partnership. ... So I'm here to launch a new chapter of engagement that will be sustained throughout my administration. The United States will be willing to acknowledge past errors where those errors have been made."
Now, Obama may be soon apologizing for the errors of his own administration. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/sep/17/brazilian-president-cancels-us-visit-due-nsa-surve/
This is 100% Obama's fault. And what good is it to spy on Brazil and it's president? It's not like they are an enemy of the U.S. unlike some Muslim countries Obama is in love with.
Just more Obama stupidity (and they were called out by a very liberal newspaper, the Las Vegas Sun.)
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