Saturday, July 06, 2013

Venezuela and Nicaragua offer Edward Snowden asylum...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has offered to give "humanitarian asylum" to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

"As head of state of the Boliviarian republic of Venezuela, I have decided to offer humanitarian asylum to the young Snowden ... to protect this young man from the persecution launched by the most powerful empire in the world," Mr Maduro said at an independence day event.

Moments earlier in Nicaragua, President Daniel Ortega said his government was willing to give asylum to the US fugitive, offering a glimmer of hope to Mr Snowden, who has been in limbo at Moscow's international airport since June 23.

He said the Nicaraguan embassy in Moscow received Mr Snowden's application for asylum and that it is studying the request.

 "We have the sovereign right to help a person who felt remorse after finding out how the United States was using technology to spy on the whole world, and especially its European allies," Mr Ortega said. Full story...

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