\tDes affaires courantes r\u00e9v\u00e8lent l’\u00e9tendue de l’activisme des USA contre l’Am\u00e9rique latine, sans aucun doute exprimant un activisme radical et automatis\u00e9 du Syst\u00e8me. Le point int\u00e9ressant est que l’\u00e9tendue consid\u00e9rable de cet activisme, consid\u00e9r\u00e9 dans la perspective des ann\u00e9es pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes, ne cesse de se renforcer alors que la NSA<\/a>, et des pans entiers<\/a> du complexe militaro-industriel, ne cessent de s’affaiblir par dissolution dans leurs positions fondamentales, essentiellement int\u00e9rieures. Il s’agit d’un antagonisme int\u00e9ressant, qui a son explication r\u00e9v\u00e9latrice.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t Le point le plus br\u00fblant et le plus prometteur \u00e0 la fois dans ces d\u00e9veloppements est celui qui concerne la crise Rousseff-NSA ayant conduit \u00e0 l’annulation du voyage de la pr\u00e9sidente br\u00e9silienne aux USA. Il semble en effet qu’il faille parler d’annulation plut\u00f4t que de report comme il a \u00e9t\u00e9 officiellement annonc\u00e9, cette nuance \u00e9tant la cons\u00e9quence de pure forme d’une concession faite par Rousseff au bout d’une conversation t\u00e9l\u00e9phonique de 20 minutes avec Obama, \u00e0 l’initiative du m\u00eame Obama, sans doute sous la surveillance auditive et attentive de la NSA. WSWS.org<\/em> donne, le 19 septembre 2013<\/a>, quelques informations suppl\u00e9mentaires r\u00e9v\u00e9latrices sur ces circonstances, qui nous sugg\u00e8rent d\u00e9j\u00e0 le raidissement tr\u00e8s marqu\u00e9 de la pr\u00e9sidente du Br\u00e9sil et le potentiel d’aggravation en train d’\u00eatre activ\u00e9 de la crise, on peut proposer le terme, d\u00e9sormais, entre le Br\u00e9sil et les USA.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00abThe cancelation of the trip, the first invitation to a foreign head of state to make a state visit to Washington since the beginning of President Barack Obama’s second term and the only one scheduled this year, was virtually unprecedented. It signaled the crisis triggered by the NSA revelations, which have provoked popular outrage as well as concerns within Brazil’s ruling corporate and financial establishment.<\/em> […] The Brazilian president’s decision to cancel the visit came despite a 20-minute phone call Monday night from Obama, who attempted to placate Rousseff over the NSA spying revelations. The only diplomatic concession made by the Brazilian government was to agree to state that calling off the visit was a mutual decision and that it represented a postponement without any alternate date, rather than a cancellation.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t D’une fa\u00e7on g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, cette crise vient apr\u00e8s diverses tentatives faites par les Br\u00e9siliens pour obtenir des explications concernant l’espionnage intrusif \u00e0 l’encontre de Rousseff, sinon des excuses, de la part de la direction politique US. Plusieurs initiatives ont eu lieu dans ce sens, avec des rencontres avec Kerry, de Rousseff avec Obama (au G20), une visite de ministre br\u00e9silien des affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res br\u00e9silien aux USA, avec une rencontre avec la directrice de la NSA Susan Rice. Toutes ces tentatives se sont sold\u00e9es par le constat de positions dilatoires, d’explications \u00e0 la limite de la d\u00e9rision aboutissant \u00e0 des promesses d’enqu\u00eates destin\u00e9es \u00e0 durer plusieurs mois selon les r\u00e8gles bureaucratiques du Syst\u00e8me, signifiant en clair l’\u00e9touffement complet de l’affaire endoss\u00e9e par la direction politique US, se fichant compl\u00e8tement d’acc\u00e9der \u00e0 la demande br\u00e9silienne ou bien n’ayant pas la capacit\u00e9 de donner des explications acceptables.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tCette attitude washingtonienne, qui donne d’habitude dans le chef de l’interlocuteur trait\u00e9 comme un vassal le r\u00e9sultat d’acquiescer \u00e0 ces r\u00e9ponses cosm\u00e9tiques et sans la moindre substance, \u00e0 la limite de l’insulte par d\u00e9faut, a donn\u00e9 le r\u00e9sultat inverse avec Rousseff. Mil Nikandrov expose cet effet dans un texte d’analyse pour Strategic-Culture.org<\/em> du 20 septembre 2013<\/a> : \u00abThe empty promises of Obama, Kerry and other high-ranking officials in the U.S. administration to look into the matter and normalize the activities of the intelligence agencies had the opposite effect this time. Dilma Rousseff quite decisively demonstrated to Washington that she is capable of standing up for the interests of her country, especially in such an area as state security<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tLe texte de Nikandrov expose ensuite, assez longuement, le cadre g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des activit\u00e9s US contre le Br\u00e9sil. L’int\u00e9r\u00eat de la chose est le constat que ce cadre, o\u00f9 la NSA tient un r\u00f4le central parfaitement coordonn\u00e9, constitue une action g\u00e9n\u00e9rale d’envergure de d\u00e9stabilisation du Br\u00e9sil, qui se poursuit m\u00eame apr\u00e8s les r\u00e9v\u00e9lations Greenwald\/Snowden sur l’espionnage de la NSA. On retrouve notamment, pour les derni\u00e8res manifestations de protestation anti-Rousseff du 7 septembre, l’intervention des d\u00e9sormais habituelles organisations et tactiques US promotrices des r\u00e9volutions de couleur, avec d\u00e9veloppement des ONG qui vont bien, financement de ces ONG, etc. Nikandrov d\u00e9crit cela, mais aussi les r\u00e9actions de riposte et de contre-attaque du Br\u00e9sil qui tendent, dans certains domaines, \u00e0 s’inscrire dans un cadre de coop\u00e9ration contre-offensive \u00e0 l’\u00e9chelle du continent. Nous citions ce long extrait du texte de Nikandrov, qui est particuli\u00e8rement factuel, et donc r\u00e9v\u00e9lateur de la situation dans sa v\u00e9rit\u00e9.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00abAmong the actions under consideration by the Brazilian authorities with regard to U.S. intelligence operating on the territory of Brazil is a tightening of control over identified American intelligence personnel with the aim of documenting illegal aspects of their activities and subsequently deporting them from Brazil. The Brazilian authorities are increasingly concerned about signals that the CIA, U.S. military intelligence, and DEA operatives are involved in the creation of youth protest groups which have already been used and could be used in the future to intensify the crisis situation in the country.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbThe problem of U.S. electronic espionage was discussed at the first meeting of Mercosur leaders and experts on the problem of maintaining computer and telecommunications security. Representatives of Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina and Uruguay suggested urgent measures for stopping the Empire’s espionage and strengthening the technological independence and sovereignty of the bloc’s participant countries. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua supported Brazil in all items on the agenda. A decision to create a workgroup for developing a unified strategy for counteracting imperialist interference and U.S. spy operations which cause damage to governments, enterprises and citizens was approved. A meeting of the ministers of defense of Brazil and Argentina was held at which the ministers signed an agreement on the creation of a bilateral group with the aim of attaining an optimal level of development of cyberprotection and minimizing vulnerability to cyberattacks.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbIn an interview with the Argentinian newspaper Pagina 12, Brazilian Minister of Defense Celso Amorim told about the increasing operative capabilities of the Center for Cybernetic Protection. The minister only touched on the topic of the electronic spying on President Rousseff and her entourage in passing, but he particularly emphasized that all the facts at their disposal indicate the necessity of developing Brazil’s defensive capabilities. Celso Amorim spoke with frankness unusual for the head of a military agency of the medium-term plans for strengthening Brazil’s armed forces. These included the construction of a nuclear submarine for patrolling in territorial waters and protecting oil fields on the shelf, the development of the aerospace industry, and starting production of the KC-390 heavy cargo aircraft, which in the future could replace the U.S.-made Hercules in the Brazilian air force. According to data from independent sources, the scandal around the total espionage of U.S. intelligence in Brazil could result in the Brazil’s refusal to close a deal for the purchase of 36 F-18 Hornet fighter planes. We cannot, say Brazilian analysts, sign such large-scale contracts with a country we do not trust.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbBrazil intends to follow the example of Russia and China in creating its own Internet system, which to a significant degree will guarantee the security of its users and hinder the illegal connection of NSA \u00ab\u00a0specialists\u00a0\u00bb. Among Brazil’s plans is the laying of its own communications cables to Europe and Africa. The existing communications channels, which pass through U.S. territory, are totally monitored by the NSA.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbA delegation of Brazilian parliament members is preparing a trip to Russia to meet with Edward Snowden and obtain additional information on the true scale of U.S. electronic espionage in Brazil, including the use of spy satellites. A modernized audio interception base, which was not closed down in 2002, as the media assured everyone, is functioning at full capacity at the U.S. embassy. It is now obvious to the Brazilian leadership that the argument used by the U.S. administration about the war on terrorism is only a cover for conducting operations of another kind altogether. In the Western hemisphere, this is the infiltration of databases and computer networks of Latin American countries, first of all those which are trying to conduct independent policy and focusing on integration through Unasur, ALBA, Petrocaribe, etc. It is believed that the acquisition of advance information about the trips, routes, and places of residence of Latin American leaders unfriendly to Washington – Nestor Kirchner, Inacio Lula da Silva, Hugo Chavez and others – helped in conducting special operations against them, some of which, as is well known, were fatal.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbThis year the celebration of Independence Day on September 7 in the Brazilian capital, as well as in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo and Porto Alegre, were accompanied by well-organized mass disturbances. The instigators pronounced anti-government slogans and shouted accusations against Dilma Rousseff, calling her a traitor to national interests. Several dozen people were injured, and over 300 protesters were detained. The police are investigating the hidden relations between the detainees and non-profit organizations funded from the U.S. Some Brazilian bloggers have interpreted these disturbances as U.S. intelligence’s warning shot at Dilma Rousseff.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00bbU.S. intelligence personnel in Brazil may have to operate in much more complex conditions in the foreseeable future. The Brazilian intelligence agency (Abin) is now trying to rehabilitate itself in the eyes of the president and the public. The leaders of Abin, who were unable to detect a leak of strategically important information to the U.S. in time, causing huge political and material losses for the country, have received new instructions on the parameters for further collaboration with partners from the U.S. As they say, one good turn deserves another.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t On doit ajouter, \u00e0 cette mise \u00e0 jour de la colossale offensive de d\u00e9stabilisation US en cours en Am\u00e9rique latine depuis le d\u00e9but du si\u00e8cle et qui semble continuer sans le moindre frein toujours avec les m\u00eames r\u00e9sultats contre-productifs, l’incident de l’avion du pr\u00e9sident v\u00e9n\u00e9zu\u00e9lien Maduro se d\u00e9pla\u00e7ant pour une visite en Chine, dont le passage par l’espace a\u00e9rien de Porto-Rico (colonie des USA) a \u00e9t\u00e9 d’abord refus\u00e9, puis finalement autoris\u00e9 vingt-quatre heures plus tard. Cette r\u00e9miniscence de l’incident Morales n’a pas \u00e9veill\u00e9 un grand int\u00e9r\u00eat dans la presse-Syst\u00e8me du bloc BAO, qui a en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral ent\u00e9rin\u00e9 la version US rejetant toute la faute sur la partie v\u00e9n\u00e9zu\u00e9lienne qui ne sait donc pas remplir ses formalit\u00e9s de vol … L’annonce de l’interdiction de l’espace a\u00e9rien, connue le 18 septembre au soir, a \u00e9t\u00e9 faite le 19 septembre au matin (voir Venezuelanalysis.com<\/em>, le 19 septembre 2013<\/a>). Le 19 septembre 2013<\/a> (Russia Today<\/em>) en fin de journ\u00e9e, le d\u00e9partement d’\u00c9tat annon\u00e7ait que l’autorisation avait \u00e9t\u00e9 finalement accord\u00e9e. La partie US expliquait que les V\u00e9n\u00e9zu\u00e9liens avaient donc cochonn\u00e9 leur plan de vol et les annexes, confirmant au passage qu’il s’agissait d’une nation retardataire, outre d’\u00eatre anti-d\u00e9mocratique, et incapable de suivre les normes du monde civilis\u00e9 ; il \u00e9tait pr\u00e9cis\u00e9, pour notre soulagement, que des efforts extraordinaires avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 faits du c\u00f4t\u00e9 US, comme il sied \u00e0 l’indispensable nation du monde civilis\u00e9 portant aide et assistance aux sous-fifres, pour finalement permettre ce passage. La d\u00e9claration du porte-parole Marie Harf vaut son pesant d’arrogance et de m\u00e9pris plein de mansu\u00e9tude paternaliste ; on se demande pourquoi ces robots se jugent oblig\u00e9s d’employer des termes aussi grossiers (effort extraordinaire) qui finissent effectivement par \u00eatre d\u00e9risoires \u00e0 force d’exc\u00e8s.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\u00abHarf said Venezuela did not follow proper steps in its flyover request, having given just one day’s notice instead of the mandatory three. Additionally, the plane in question was not a state aircraft, which is required for a diplomatic clearance, she said in a statement. Although the request was not properly submitted, U.S. authorities worked with Venezuelan officials at the Venezuelan Embassy to resolve the issue. US authorities made<\/em> an extraordinary effort<\/em><\/strong> to work with relevant authorities to grant overflight approval in a matter of hours, Harf said.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tCette version a \u00e9t\u00e9 compl\u00e8tement rejet\u00e9e par la partie v\u00e9n\u00e9zu\u00e9lienne, qui ajoute en prime une intervention aupr\u00e8s de l’ONU pour des tracasseries d’obstruction de la part des USA pour accorder des visas \u00e0 la d\u00e9l\u00e9gation v\u00e9n\u00e9zu\u00e9lienne pour la session g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l’ONU \u00e0 la fin du mois (voir le 21 septembre 2013<\/a>). La conjonction des deux incidents donne largement cr\u00e9dit \u00e0 la version v\u00e9n\u00e9zu\u00e9lienne pour le premier, sans surprise par ailleurs. Russia Today<\/em> (le 20 septembre 2013<\/a>) avait, dans l’entretemps s\u00e9parant l’annonce de l’interdiction et l’autorisation finalement accord\u00e9e, r\u00e9alis\u00e9 une interview du journaliste US Dave Lindorff, prenant alors en compte la seule mesure d’interdiction US de l’usage de l’espace a\u00e9rien de Porto-Rico. Les remarques de Lindorff gardent toute leur pertinence, puisqu’on doit absolument admettre qu’il s’agit bien d’une agression contre le pr\u00e9sident Maduro, rattrap\u00e9e en derni\u00e8re minute, ou bien simplement r\u00e9duite \u00e0 cette tracasserie administrative refl\u00e9tant une pression et un avertissement US au Venezuela. Quelques extraits…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tRussia Today<\/em><\/strong>: \u00abWhat is your reaction to the US move not giving Venezuelan leader permission to cross the US airspace?<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \tDave Lindorff<\/em><\/strong>: \u00abMy first reaction is embarrassment. This is such kindergarten-level kind of behavior by a country that has always trumpeted the importance of adhering to international law and access to air and sea rights. So to deny an elected president of a Latin-American country the right to fly on a plane over US airspace is simply unbelievably juvenile and insulting.<\/em>\u00bb […]<\/p>\n<\/p>\n