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posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday February 25 2014, @09:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the Take-my-data-and-go-home dept.
c0lo writes: "Reuters reports

(Reuters) Brazil and the European Union agreed on Monday to lay an undersea communications cable from Lisbon to Fortaleza to reduce Brazil's reliance on the United States after Washington spied on Brasilia.

At a summit in Brussels, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said the $185 million cable project was central to "guarantee the neutrality" of the Internet, signaling her desire to shield Brazil's Internet traffic from U.S. surveillance. According to other sources, the construction is scheduled to begin in July.

A joint venture between Brazilian telecoms provider Telebras and Spain's IslaLink Submarine Cables would lay the communications link. Telebras would have a 35 percent stake, IslaLink would have a 45 percent interest and European and Brazilian pension funds could put up the remainder.

So it has come to this"

 
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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by ArghBlarg on Tuesday February 25 2014, @04:10PM

    by ArghBlarg (1449) on Tuesday February 25 2014, @04:10PM (#6697)

    If this cable is wholly-owned by non-US players, all involved should just declare ahead of time that any such tampering will be considered an official act of war by the U.S. or its allies.

    Maybe that's useless grandstanding, but then again maybe that'll put enough bad karma on it that it will keep them from doing such invasive things.

    I know, I know, I'm being hopelessly optimistic but I think the U.S. is about tapped-out as far as starting useless petty wars goes.. the threat of even more expensive conflicts for no real morally justifiable purpose is perhaps the U.S. government's only weak point these days. The public is finally getting a bit tired of the wasted money, effort and lives.

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