Some of the documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed that the United States government spied on Brazil's President, Dilma Rousseff and the then-candidate for the Mexican presidency, Enrique Peña Nieto, Globo de Brasil reported on Sunday.
According to El Mundo, the Brazilian news network quoted documents leaked by Snowden, which show that the National Security Agency (NSA) intercepted many emails from then-presidential candidate Peña Nieto, including one that had a list with his future ministers for after the 2012 elections.
During the night show, which included the participation of American journalist Glenn Greenwald, the Brazilian channel exhibited a document dated June 2012 with the title: "Intelligent Infiltration of Data, Case Study Brazil and Mexico," CNN reported.
The documents, which were given to Grennwald by Snowden, warn that the NSA was interested to "better their understanding of the communication methods" between Rousseff and her advisors. The NSA developed a software that allowed it to access the addresses of all content on the Internet visited by the president.
In the case of the Mexican presidential candidate, Peña Nieto, the documents leaked revealed that the NSA intercepted text messages, phone calls and emails.
According to El Mundo, the Brazilian president has summoned an emergency meeting with her Justice Minister, José Eduardo Cardoso, who told local media that Brazil will demand new explanations from the United States for the "unacceptable violation of sovereignty."
Likewise, Brazil will also summon the United States ambassador in the country, Thomas Shannon, who just a few months before had been summoned in regards to similar complaints.
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