Argentina’s President Kirchner: US Industrial Espionage Gave Me Chills Down My Spine

[eridani]

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/18344-argentinas-president-kirchner-us-industrial-espionage-gave-me-chills-down-my-spine

he relationship between the United States and Latin America may have just plunged to its lowest level since the 1910s and 1920s, the height of US imperialism in the area, when United Fruit and the Marines imposed themselves on the region.

Glenn Greenwald, Roberto Kaz and José Casado revealed in an article for the Brazilian newspaper "O Globo" Tuesday that the US National Security Agency has most of Latin America under intensive surveillance. A few paras haves appeared in English at the Democratic Underground, which notes:

" One aspect that stands out in the documents is that, according to them, the United States does not seem to be interested only in military affairs but also in trade secrets - "oil" in Venezuela and "energy" in Mexico, according to a listing produced NSA in the first half of this year.
And that is the money para. While it is no surprise that the US would be monitoring Colombia, e.g., to track the narco-terrorist group FARC and drug smugglers, the article says that the US goes beyond such considerations to engage in industrial espionage:

"Through it [PRISM], the NSA collected data on oil and military purchases from Venezuela, energy and narcotics from Mexico, and have mapped the movement of the Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC)."

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[LuvNewcastle]

1. Here's more proof of how much influence corporations

have over our government. The country's spying network is being used to gain information that might benefit industries. Spying isn't just for gaining knowledge having to do with the nation's security; some people are making a lot of money from the inside knowledge provided by spying.

[COLGATE4]

2. Cristina clutching pearls again. In the meanwhile

Argentina's economy continues down the tubes. Well, if the Falkland Islands bruhaha doesn't work maybe the NSA scandal will.

[ocpagu]

3. Sure. Blame the victim. n/t

[COLGATE4]

4. My God. WHAT victim? The only thing Cristina is

a victim of is her own ineptitude in ruining Argentina's economy.

[ocpagu]

5. The thread is about your country spying on her country's citizens.

Don't try to change the subject. It's not her in the spotlight.

[COLGATE4]

6. Only if you believe that she has any genuine concern

about that. She, like her compadres Evo and Maduro are never above taking advantage of a situation to try and beat up on the U.S. Goes over well for local consumption.

[Judi Lynn]

7. "beat up on the U.S." Really? Since when? Don't even try that here. n/t

[COLGATE4]

8. Distract the masses with classical anti-gringoism, if you prefer.

[Judi Lynn]

9. That doesn't work, either. We all know better. n/t

[COLGATE4]

10. Sure we do...