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Stupefacto

(36 posts) Tue Sep 17, 2013, 12:26 PM Sep 2013

Brazilian President cancels trip to the USA thanks to NSA spying

Because the NSA spied on Brazilian companies and even the President herself. The following is the english translation of the news in a Brazilian newspaper.

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Foglobo.globo.com%2Fpais%2Fdilma-decide-que-nao-vai-viajar-para-os-estados-unidos-9997321

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Brazilian President cancels trip to the USA thanks to NSA spying (Original Post) Stupefacto Sep 2013 OP

The translation is bad. An example: LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #1

It makes perfect sense! Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #2

Ah, Portuglish. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #3

LuvNewcastle

(16,844 posts)

1. The translation is bad. An example:

Reply to Stupefacto (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2013, 12:39 PM

Sep 2013

"The Foreign Minister, Luiz Alberto Figueiredo, who was in Washington trying espionage with the U.S. government, followed the conversation between the two presidents."

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)

2. It makes perfect sense!

Reply to LuvNewcastle (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 17, 2013, 12:41 PM

Sep 2013

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

3. Ah, Portuglish.

Reply to LuvNewcastle (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 17, 2013, 12:42 PM

Sep 2013

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