US ambassador to Brazil summoned over new spying allegations

Brazil, Sept 2: The American ambassador to Brazil was summoned by authorities Monday over new allegations that the US National Security Agency spied on President Dilma Rousseff, an official said.



Rio de Janeiro-based journalist Glenn Greenwald, a columnist for the Guardian newspaper who obtained secret files from NSA leaker Edward Snowden, told Brazil´s Globo television on Sunday of the alleged security breaches, which also involved Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.

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