At U.N., Brazil’s Rousseff Blasts U.S. Spying as Breach of Law


Photo Credit: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton

By Daniel Trotta

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used her position as the opening speaker at the U.N. General Assembly to accuse the United States of violating human rights and international law through espionage that included spying on her email.

Rousseff had expressed her displeasure last week by calling off a high-profile state visit to the United States scheduled for October over reports that the U.S. National Security Agency had been spying on Brazil.

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