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Weekly Report - 11 July 2013 (WR-13-27)
VENEZUELA-BOLIVIA: Why is Maduro offering Snowden sanctuary?
All eyes are on Venezuela as the most likely destination for the fugitive US whistleblower, Edward J. Snowden. As debate rages across the region over the nature and extent of US spying (see page 8) and heads of government unite to condemn the treatment of Bolivia’s President Evo Morales, whose plane was diverted last week on suspicion that Snowden was on board (see overleaf), President Nicolás Maduro used Venezuela’s Independence Day on 5 July to made a bold bid to bring Snowden to Caracas. What motivated him to extend an offer of political asylum to Snowden and what will it mean for relations with the US?
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