[Chapter-delegates] Internet Governance developments in Brazil and Europe

[Carlos A. Afonso]

EuPHemistically... :)

--c.a.

Just read the NYT article, thanks for the tip. Not a single line which
would indicate or speculate that Glenn is "manipulating Brazil". If
there were, it would be silly, of course.

Good article. My view on asylum for Snowden in BR is that we are in the
midst of a nasty political campaign for the 2014 presidential elections,
and all evidence (including the opposition polls' and their own writers'
articles) points to Rousseff's re-election. So there is a process to
seek alternative (to put it eufemistically) means to undermine the
current government.

Lots of money (coming from incredible, billion-dollar levels of
corruption coming from the right-wing opposition state governments of
São Paulo and Minas Gerais, involving usual suspects such as Alstom,
Siemens & co.) have been poured into the main media and in the judicial
system, including the Supreme Court, to discredit the government. There
is a risk that this same court might rule for Snowden's extradiction, as
the interests of the right-wing opposition which currently controls the
court and the main media are pretty much pro-USA.

So, I am worried about Snowden's safety if Rousseff grants him asylum to
come to BR. Hope he gets an extension from Putin, and after October it
will probably be safer to come to Brazil.

--c.a.

On 01/09/2014 03:28 AM, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:
> Hi, fellow ISOC Chapter Delegates,
> 
> in the last few weeks most of the discussion on Internet Governance
> seems to be taking place in other spaces, mostly the 1net list and
> others. We may find it useful for ISOC to stay abreast of those but also
> to search, as we frequently do, for insights and commonality of views
> among the chapter delegates.
> 
> So... two things today, a comment about Brazil internally from the New
> York Times, and a hefty, massive, complex resolution presented at the
> European Parliament (hopefully Frederick Donck and others can help us
> sort it out in terms of viability and impact), to start discussions:
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/04/opinion/nocera-brazil-is-abuzz-about-snowden.html?src=rechp 
> 
> "Brazil all abuzz about Snowden", from the New York Times is superb. Not
> coming from the American right like others who disqualify Snowden,
> Greenwald and the whole setup, it does point to Greenwald's
> manipulations of Brazil (where he resides, etc.) 
> 
> I wrote someone months ago that Greenwald was paying royally for his
> welcome - glad to see at least another view that agrees with that
> interpretation.
> 
> Not to deny there is larger trouble out there, but this particularly
> pernicious manipulation should not escape us; nor the opportunity to
> point it out.
> 
> Also don't miss the European Parliament's massive resolution
> in http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML%2BCOMPARL%2BPE-526.085%2B02%2BDOC%2BPDF%2BV0%2F%2FEN or
> shortened http://ow.ly/sozW0 
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Alejandro Pisanty
> 
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