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

[Alejandro Pisanty]

Carlos,

thanks for the complementary perspective. Quite a complex entanglement with
local politics - surely somethng to keep in mind!

Alejandro Pisanty


On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:

> 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%2FENor
> > shortened http://ow.ly/sozW0
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Alejandro Pisanty
> >
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