New documents leaked reveal a vast reach for U.S. spying operations that included Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and other world leaders’ cell phones and email accounts. The revelations have sparked strong condemnations from Latin American countries and the European Union. President Obama promised a review of surveillance programs. How is the spying scandal impacting US relations with its allies?
Guests: Laura Carlsen, Director, The Americas Program of the Center for International Policy, Mexico City (interviewed from Portland, OR), www.cipamericas.org/; David Brooks, reporter, La Jornada, New York, NY.
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