Brazil's justice minister on Tuesday defended his country's spying on diplomats from Russia, Iran and Iraq, saying the operations were "completely different" from U.S. spying on Brazil and many other countries.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday slammed the United States for "meddling" in her country's affairs by widespread espionage -- the surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), calling it "a breach of international law."
The White House on Tuesday confirmed cancellation of a scheduled state visit by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to the United States in late October.
Amid rising tensions sparked by revelations of pervasive U.S. spying on Brazil's president and others, Liliana Ayalde, the new U.S. ambassador to Brazil, arrived in Brasilia Monday.
Brazilian diplomat Eduardo Saboia, who helped a Bolivian senator sneak out of Brazil's embassy and flee his country, could be back at work next month, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
The Foreign Relations Committee of Brazil's House of Representatives agreed Wednesday to send a delegation to meet with former U.S. intelligence employee Edward Snowden, who lives in asylum in Russia.
Brazil's Senate formed an Investigative Parliamentary Commission Tuesday to follow up on reports that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) spied on President Dilma Rousseff.
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Wednesday called on the Brazilian government to hand over opposition Senator Roger Pinto Molina, who was smuggled into Brazil over the weekend to avoid a one-year jail sentence for corruption.
Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer said Tuesday he is confident that the impasse between Brazil and Bolivia over a Bolivian opposition senator wanted for corruption can be resolved diplomatically.
Brazil will set up a certification center to strengthen data security and prevent surveillance in online communications, the army's Science and Technology Department announced on Monday.
Explanations provided so far by the United States concerning its alleged spying on Brazilian telephone and Internet communications are not enough, says Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota.
Brazil's Defense Minister Celso Amorim admitted on Wednesday that the country is very vulnerable when it comes to cyber defense, making foreign espionage easier.
Brazil said Tuesday it had no intention to grant political asylum to U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden who disclosed a vast program of U.S. world electronic surveillance.
The U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, Thomas Shannon, Monday rejected Brazil's accusation that the U.S. government has been spying on Brazilians citizens and companies over the past years.
Brazilian diplomat Roberto Carvalho de Azevedo has been elected the new director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Brazilian authorities announced Tuesday.
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