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Report: US spy program eyes energy info in LatAm

 
This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. NSA leaker Edward Snowden claims the spy agency gathers all communications into and out of the U.S. for analysis, despite government claims that it only targets foreign traffic.
This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. NSA leaker Edward Snowden claims the spy agency gathers all communications into and out of the U.S. for analysis, despite government claims that it only targets foreign traffic.
The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras / AP Photo

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BRASILIA, Brazil -- A Brazilian newspaper reports that a massive U.S. spy program is widespread throughout Latin America and that it's gathering information on oil and energy.

The O Globo newspaper says it has access to some documents released by the National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.

Two recent monthly snapshots of the volume of emails and calls logged in the region shows the main targets were Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.

O Globo also says the documents show the program was gathering information on petroleum and energy in at least Venezuela and Mexico. There were no details on what the information might be.

The Tuesday story in O Globo was co-authored by U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald, who broke the story of the spy program after obtaining documents from Snowden.

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