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Russia To Build Spy Base in Nicaragua | Q Costa Rica - 0 views

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  • Russia To Build Spy Base in Nicaragua
  • The deal between Moscow and Managua, which will also involve the sale of 50 Russian T-72 tanks, comes as President Putin’s regime ramps up the pressure on Nato in eastern Europe.
  • Nicaragua’s leftist President Daniel Ortega was once the bete noire of the White House.
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  • Last week three Americans, working for the US Department of Homeland Security, were expelled from Nicaragua without explanation.
  • After more than a decade out of power Ortega was re-elected in 2006 and has tried to reintroduce socialist policies. He has also announced plans for a huge canal, to rival the Panama Canal, which would be funded by a Chinese consortium.
  • rachelramirez on 25 Jun 16
     
    Based off of this article, it seems as though the Nicaraguan president wants the country to be viewed as a player on the world stage, but is approaching the matter in a way that could be harmful in the future. As of now the current regime wants to place itself in the center of icy American-Russian diplomatic relations to be recognized and to annoy the White House. Additionally, the article briefly mentions plans for the country to create a rival to the Panama Canal that would be funded by Chinese businesses. The prospects for the new Panama Canal and the country's involvement in American-Russian relations seems to be a power play or an attempt for the country to be recognized by the United States or the world.
Javier E

N.S.A. Said to Have Spied on Leaders of Brazil and Mexico - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • a document dated June 2012 shows that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's emails were being read. The document's date is a month before Pena Nieto was elected. The document on which Greenwald based the report includes communications from Pena Nieto indicating who he would like to name to some government posts among other information.
  • As for Brazil's leader, the June 2012 document "doesn't include any of Dilma's specific intercepted messages, the way it does for Nieto," Greenwald told The Associated Press in an email. "But it is clear in several ways that her communications were intercepted, including the use of DNI Presenter, which is a program used by NSA to open and read emails and online chats."
  • In July, Greenwald co-wrote articles in O Globo that said documents leaked by Snowden indicate Brazil was the largest target in Latin America for the NSA program, which collected data on billions of emails and calls flowing through Brazil.
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