Posted on 09/08/2013 3:40:41 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
SAO PAULO | Sun Sep 8, 2013 12:06pm EDT
(Reuters) - The U.S. government allegedly spied on Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, known as Petrobras, according to the web site of Globo, Brazil's biggest television network.
The network, which a week ago aired a report alleging that the U.S. National Security Agency intercepted communications by the presidents of Brazil and Mexico, said its information again came from Glenn Greenwald, an American activist who has worked with fugitive former NSA analyst Edward Snowden to expose the extent of U.S. spying at home and abroad.
Promotional teasers from the network said it would give details of the spying on Sunday night, again on its "Fantastico" program.
Greenwald, a blogger and civil liberties activist who lives in Rio de Janeiro, declined to discuss the Petrobras allegations until after the program airs. Petrobras officials could not be reached for comment.
New revelations of U.S. spying could complicate a diplomatic row between the United States and Brazil sparked by the allegations of NSA spying on the private phone calls and emails of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
Brazil has demanded a formal apology and Rousseff aides have said the issue could derail a state visit she is due to make to the United States in October.
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Is it any wonder why the world hates America?
I’m thinking the same question. Why would the US spy on an oil company?
Isn’t Soros a major stockholder there?
I bet it had something to do with moving rigs out of the gulf.
Ping!
Kerry Has Investments in Companies Accused of Violating Iran Sanctions
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One of the companies Kerry is invested in is called Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras (Petrobras), it’s a Brazilian-based oil and gas corporation. Disclosure forms reveal that Kerry has between $150,000 and 350,000 in assets in the company.
But a 2009 report from Congressional Research Services found that, since 1999, Petrobras has “major investments in Iran’s energy sector.”
The next year, in 2010, Congress lised Petrobras as a company possibly violating Iran sanctions.
““Recently, after 50 lawmakers from both parties complained to President Obama about the lack of enforcement and sent him a list of companies that apparently violated the law, the State Department announced a preliminary investigation. Officials said that they were looking at 27 deals, and that while some appeared to have been ‘carefully constructed’ to get around the letter of the law, they had identified a number of problematic cases and were focusing on companies still active in Iran,” the New York Times reported then.
“Among the companies on the list Congress sent to the State Department is the Brazilian state-controlled energy conglomerate Petrobras, which last year received a $2 billion Export-Import Bank loan to develop an oil reserve off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.”
Senator Kerry did not sign the letter asking the Obama administration to investigate Iran sanctions violators
The New York Times has labeled that company “Possible violator of the Iran Sanctions Act.”
“Petrobras, a state owned oil company in Brazil, invested $100 million to explore Iran’s offshore oil prospects in the Persian Gulf. It has also received a large loan from the Export Import Bank to develop offshore oil reserves discovered off the coast of Brazil. Diogo Almeida, the economic attaché at the Brazilian Embassy in Iran, said the company is in talks with the Iranians about future oil and gas development projects, but first must determine how much of its resources it wants to devote to the Brazilian discovery. I.A. ‘Tony’ Piazza, managing director of Petrobras Middle East B.V. - Iran, confirmed that the company remains interested in doing business in Iran,” the Times describes the company.
And media reports suggest Petrobras only wants to expand its investments and business in Iran.
Indeed, the company even has an office in Iran. And Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Brazil to signal the close ties of the two countries.
Petrobras is not the only company Kerry has money in that’s accused of violating U.S. law.
Our image now under Obama has really improved just as he promised. /big ole sarc
Didn’t W or 0 give them Billion$?
To fight terrorism.
Beck talked a lot about this company being associated with George Soros and how Obama was stopping the drilling here to enrich Petrobras in Brazil, the company Soros was invested in at the time.
Why would the US Govt spy on a Brazilian oil company, part owned by Soros???
Did they spy before or after Soros bought into the Company?
How did the uS Govt loan to Petrobras figure into the spying??
Obama, Soros, Petrobras, Brazil & offshore drilling double standards
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By Michelle Malkin • August 19, 2009 09:22 PM
Yes, it’s true.
Barack Obama has chipped in $2 billion in loans to exploit offshore oil resources in hopes of extracting a major new source of petroleum…in South America.
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/08/19/obama-soros-petrobras-brazil-offshore-drilling-double-standards/
And yes, it’s true.
There is a Soros link.
Ed Morrissey has a round-up and notes:
Is it a coincidence that Obama backer George Soros repositioned himself in Petrobras to get dividends just a few days before Obama committed $2 billion in loans and guarantees for Petrobras’ offshore operations? Hmmmmmmmmmm.
Maybe Soros wants the rest of it too.
Very interesting. Thanks for the article.
In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled U.S. government spied on Brazil’s Petrobras oil firm: Globo TV, sheikdetailfeather wrote:
Now what on earth would make them spy on Petrobras?
Cause we loaned them #20 with a B Billions...
They have to keep an eye on their investment.
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