2014届高考英语考前突破阅读理解能力：《巴西政府拒绝斯诺登的避难请求》.docVIP

巴西政府拒绝斯诺登的避难请求 The Brazilian government is not interested in investigating the NSA (National Security Agency) and, for this reason, it will not grant asylum to Edward Snowden, who denounced U.S. government spying, in an information exchange that would meet this goal. 巴西政府已经拒绝了爱德华·斯诺登的避难请求，称不会调查美国的监控丑闻，也不会以提供避难换取情报。 ?Folha revealed today Snowden intention to collaborate with investigations about the NSA and, in return, be granted asylum in Brazil. The newspaper published the full text of the Open Letter to the People of Brazil that the former U.S. spy wrote and will send to Brazilian authorities. ? According to Folhas investigation, the Foreign Ministry highlights as positive part of the letter in which Snowden calls for a mobilization in defense of privacy and basic human rights, which might be at risk because of actions such as the ones made by the NSA . ? On the other hand, the Foreign Ministry stressed that Brazil respects the sovereignty of other countries and it does not intend to payback the United States. A presidential aide stressed that the Brazilian government could not enter this type of exchanging game, to grant asylum in order to receive information to investigate the actions of the U.S. spy agency. ?Besides, the aide said, Brazil has no interest in doing this kind of interference in the sovereignty of other countries and it will not do to them what they did to us. The Brazilian way, according to him, has always been publicly expressed. ? Officially, the Presidential Palace has not yet spoken and it might not even speak about it because there is no formal asylum request from Snowden. President Dilma Rousseff was surprised with the information and mobilized the Foreign Ministry to define what position should be taken.