the first plant is in brazil. acer expanded its plans in brazil. lot of taiwanese companies are invested in brazil. not just because of the brazilian market, but using brazil as a platform for the region. can i say, so far, we do not have many brazilian investments in taiwan, but we have a path for that, especially in the food industry, because brazil has strong companies in the food industry. taiwan also has. we have corporations in this area. we can cooperate with taiwan companies and resilient companies to export brazilian food products to the asian market. taiwanese companies have a lot of knowledge about the market, a lot of penetration in the market, and know about consumer taste, consumer preference. i think we can and must cooperate. complementary is the keyword. we do not have a single place where we compete. i think we could use the distance as a factor. it is not a disadvantage. >> given that brazil has so much natural resources and so many opportunities available, what are some of the incentives that you can offer to prospective foreign

it's a present brazil knows how to protect itself brazil this a president to repudiate brazil what do you want tackles and does not provide shelter to terrorist groups we are a democratic country surrounded by democratic peaceful countries that respect international law. we have being living in peace with her neighbors for more than one hundred forty years. like so many other latin america. i myself fought only firsthand basic is arbitrary behavior and censorship and i could therefore not possibly fail to uncompromisingly defend individual's right yes privacy and my country's sovereignty. without their right to privacy there is no real freedom of speech or freedom of opinion and therefore there is no actual democracy. with respect to sovereignty there is no basis for proper relations among nations. what we have before us mr president is a serious case of violation of human rights and civil liberties like a case of invasion and capture of confidential secret information pertaining to business activity yes and above all a case of disrespect to national sovereignty the national sovereign

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companies but also president restocked of brazil is supposed to me with. obama on october twenty third and they were supposed to discuss four billion dollar fighter jet deal so that also may be off because they're very serious about this and again you know going back to my point that the n.s.a. spying is about economic sabotage as well as espionage and sabotage because bric the brics nations are what people say are the next superpower and together they are displacing u.s. economic might so brazil is one of the most important of those and here she's got proof that they're spying potentially possibly sabotaging keeping them down from ever competing with the u.s. right well brazil would be foolish to get you know let this go on any further nation that engaged u.s. contractors for their oil reserves they should not engage in defense military contracts with us corporations they are a sovereign state and they want to try to become remember during the previous decades all of south america was a banana republic basle state of the american empire now that expired t

-brazil relations. the brazilian president says she will not be going on a long planned trip to washington. the visit next month was called into question after documents leaked by nsa employee edward snowden showed just how much the u.s. was spying on its ally, brazil. for more on what is behind the cancellation of that state dinner, we have our international news editor with us. the brazilian president's cancellation of the only state in the white house had planned for this year seems to be an unprecedented act. why did she take such a firm acts? >> it is clear that rousseff is absolutely outraged by what has happened. a lot has happened in brazil. number one, her e-mails with her aides were spied upon by the national security agency. number two, the computer network of precht -- of petrobras was hacked by the national security agency. number three, something that is less well known perhaps, is that billions and billions of telephone and e-mail calls were scooped by the nsa, telephone and e-mail calls

well brazil would be foolish to let this go on any further nation that engaged u.s. contractors for their oil reserves they should not engage in defense military contracts with u.s. corporations they are a sovereign state and they want to try to beef up remember during the previous decades all of south america was a banana republic babble state of the american empire now that expired thanks to some democratic processes in this country and they've elected democratic leaders are fighting for the interests of people of these countries similarly in brazil if they want to remain a sovereign state and they have the wherewithal to do so there's going economies a very dynamic economy you don't even though you don't need the u.s. you don't need the u.s. fighter jets you can't make it on or over so you can do it. but part of the u.s. dollar please i beg you now finally on this story is this headline from mt weil dot com and it says james clapper is financial war on the world and they look at this the same memo that that national intelligence director released on his tumbler an

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made 2013 marked the beginning of germany year in brazil.german is also popular as a foreign language in brazilian schools with sÃo paulo home to the biggest german school in the world, boasting 11,000 students. but there is still room for greater cultural exchange. german and brazilian readers have been slow to discover each other's literature. this year, german authors sought new leaders. likewise, brazilian writers were featured at the frankfurt fair. germany also sees brazil as an essential partner. >> if we want to achieve things globally from environmental protection to securing peace, the smart and right thing to do is to maintain regular exchange with brazil. >> another passion that germans and brazilian's share is soccer. with brazil hosting this year's world cup, tens of millions of germans are sure to take notice. brazil's economic boom may have cooled, but many economic -- in south american countries are going strong. >> we are amazed at your low unemployment, and we wish you continued success. >> germany's opposition green party

to divorce a brazil pushes to unplug itself from a u.s. monitored internet seeking its own online sovereignty softer america's national security agency was exposed spying on the brazilian government and oil companies. greek public sector workers go on nationwide strike in protest over more cutbacks as the government sacrifices the jobs exchange for more cash from international creditors. comments twenty four hours a day from this. russian officials are in damascus to work out a plan for syria's chemical weapons surrender un resolution to go along with it isn't ready for members to vote on yet use of force is still a major point of contention for the security council and more questions have also emerged over who carried out a chemical attack in august when russia receiving fresh evidence from the syrian government detailing rebel involvement. russia's deputy foreign minister is now in damascus to discuss the deal that moscow and washington agreed on earlier in geneva code into which syria has to destroy or remove its chemical weapons by me

economic might so brazil is one of the most important of those and here she's got proof that they're spying potentially possibly sabotaging keeping them down from ever competing with the u.s. right well brazil would be foolish to get you know let this go on any further nation that engaged u.s. contractors for their oil reserves they should not engage in defense military contracts with us corporations they are a sovereign state and they want to try to be calm remember during the previous decades all of south america was a banana republic basle state of the american empire now that expired thanks to some democratic process any country that elected democratic leaders are fighting for the interest of the people of these countries similarly in brazil if they want to remain a sovereign state and they have the wherewithal to do so brazilian economy is a very dynamic economy you don't need a bell you don't need the u.s. you don't need the u.s. fighter jets you can't make it on or over so you can do. it would cut. u.s. dollar please i beg you now finally on this story is this headline from mt

brazil by its roots to create it's very own internet to protect itself from american online surveillance doing edward snowden's revelations on the scope of u.s. spying activities. reka public sector workers pall of pressure on the government nationwide strike on its third day as a prime minister admits the country may need another six years to recover. news and much more twenty four hours a day this is out welsh and officials are in damascus to hammer out an action plan for syria's chemical disarmament with a deal to avert u.s. air strikes intervention threats followed last month's sarin gas attack then by western powers on the assad regime russia says there is now fresh evidence implicating syrian rebels in that war crime correspondent is in damascus with the latest now. russia's deputy foreign minister is now in damascus to discuss the deal that moscow and washington agreed on earlier in geneva code into which syria has to destroy or remove its chemical weapons by me two thousand and fourteen and before and that is maybe even more important hand over a full list of its stockpiles with

and there's a report now on our reports a brazil is determined to ensure its online security. as the n.s.a. spying scandal continues to undermine america's global standing one u.s. ally is not willing to forgive and forget brazilian president dilma rousseff who has canceled her scheduled visit to the white house next month pulling out of what was supposed to be the first official state visit of u.s. president barack obama's second term it would have also been the first for a brazilian president in nearly two decades in addition to breaking dates for cilia is also taking steps to divorce itself from the u.s. centric internet while seeking its own sovereignty in cyberspace president rousseff has ordered a series of measures aimed at greater brazilian online independence including storing citizens data locally to protect from n.s.a. snooping according to reports the brazilian government is also planning to lay underwater fiber optic cable directly to europe and also link to all south american nations currently most of brazil's global internet traffic passes through the united sta

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brazil bites back after learning that n.s.a. has been spying on her government of president dilma rousseff cancels a much anticipated a visit to the u.s. angered by washington's refusal to take action on that is you or even apologize. and greek public sector workers piled the pressure on the government with a nationwide strike now in its third day as prime ministers amar's admits the country may need another six years to mend its plundering economy. a very warm welcome to you if you've just joined us here on r.g.p. live with us with me to bomb would say let's take a look at our top story this hour. russian officials in damascus are going to hammer out an action plan for syria's chemical disarmament in line with a deal to avert a u.s. military intervention those threats followed last month's gas attack could lead by western powers on the assad regime but russia says it does not fresh evidence implicating syrian rebels in that war crime because one of the area for national is in damascus with the latest. russia's deputy foreign mi

leaks countries like brazil have grown aware. american snooping and are looking for alternatives to a u.s. centric internet more on that in just a moment also it didn't take fox and friends host steve doocy wrong to start using the navy yard shooting to spread lies about president obama will give them a dose of facts and i think politically correct it's an internet it's daily take a cut through all the right wing lies and deception and tell you who the real job creators in this country are. in the best the rest of the news in the wake of edward snowden's leaks about the n.s.a. surveillance program people all over the world have started to look for new ways to keep their data safe and private traffic at the private search engine duck duck go for example skyrocketed in the weeks after the snowden leaks first appeared on the front pages of the guardian and now some countries are looking for ways to keep their citizens data secure from the reaches of american spy agencies brazilian president dilma rousseff recently put forward a plan

and it shows divorce in brazil pushes to unplug itself from the u.s. mindset internet and to build its other web free from washington's prying eyes. millions of germans are casting their ballots to elect a new national parliament poll suggests angle among christian democratic union well likely to get the most votes but the real fight will come when her party if it does do as well as predicted tries to cobble together a coalition government and there's no reports now from berlin the campaign lead up to the all important vote has stood down not because of the issues that was talks about a because of the ones that were left out. poll as nothing more the politicians can do it's up to the german people now to decide who will be the next chancellor of their country and perhaps more importantly just who will be taking up seats behind me in the german parliament and it's hardly been an election campaign say pulses racing it to be more notable for the major issues that were talked about than those that were things like the future of the eurozone in the ongoing

brazil by the bag after learning that enters they have been spying on her government president dilma rousseff cancels a much anticipated visit to the us and good by washington's refusal to take action on the issue even apologize. and greek public sector workers the pressure on the government with a nationwide strike now in its third day as prime minister some are as admitted the country may need another six years to mend its lately economy. this is r t a live from moscow you are with me to moment it's good to have your company with us this morning to our top story now. russian officials into maskers to hammer out an action plan to syria's chemical disarmament in line with a deal to avert a u.s. military intervention those threats are followed last month sarin gas attack and blame by west's impalas on the assad regime but russia says there's no fresh evidence implicating syrian rebels in that war crime our correspondent maria for national is in damascus with the latest. russia's deputy foreign minister is now in damascus to discuss the deal that moscow and washington agreed on earlier

brazil is moving to fracture the world wide web in response to revelations on n.s.a. the secret surveillance which have also prompted president dilma rousseff to call off her visit to the united states south america's last country now into create its own cyber space out of reach of the american secret services archies marina but now i has the story. as the n.s.a. spying scandal continues to undermine america's global standing one u.s. ally is not willing to forgive and forget brazilian president dilma rousseff who has been handled her single visit to the white house next month and pulling out of what is supposed to be the first official state visit of u.s. president barack obama's second term it would have also been the first for a brazilian president in nearly two decades in addition to breaking dates for cilia is also taking steps to divorce itself from the u.s. centric internet while seeking its own sovereignty in cyberspace president rousseff has ordered a series of measures aimed at greater brazilian online independence including storing citizens data locally to

brazil by its back to the country moves to create its very own internet to protect itself from american online surveillance following edward snowden's revelations on the scope of the you were spying activities. and greek a public sector workers pile the pressure on their government to with a nationwide strike and now in his third day as prime minister some are as admits the country may need another six years to mend its plundering economy. it's just composite midday here in of the russian capital you along with us on our t. you with me tom would say let's take a look at our top story. russian officials are in damascus to hammer out an action plan for syria's chemical disarmament in line with a deal to avert u.s. air strikes intervention threads are full of last month's air and gas attack a blamed by western powers on the assad regime but russia says those are not fresh evidence implicating syrian rebels in that war crime our correspondent maria for national is in damascus with the latest. russia's deputy foreign minister is now in damascus to discuss the deal that moscow and washington

right brazil's president has called off her visit to the u.s. in response to washington's refusal to take action against the n.s.a.'s practices all of this comes after whistleblower edward snowden revealed that the latin american nation is being spied on by americans with personal communications from ordinary citizens and even president dilma rousseff as self being intercepted how does a marina but maya has a story. as the n.s.a. spying scandal continues to undermine america's global standing one u.s. ally is not willing to forgive and forget brazilian president dilma rousseff who has been handled her scheduled visit to the white house next month pulling out of what was supposed to be the first official state visit of u.s. president barack obama's second term it would have also been the first for a brazilian president in nearly two decades in addition to breaking dates for cilia is also taking steps to divorce itself from the u.s. centric internet while seeking its own sovereignty in cyberspace president rousseff has ordered a series of measures

brazil's justice minister speaking to vice-president biden and issuing a scathing statement saying if this is confirmed they would be considered serious and would constitute a violation of brazil's sovereignty. >>> those who support the nsa mission of foreign intelligence

right brazil's president strives that they ride sense a curacy of sun come to be ensured by violating the rights of others can a balance between the two ever be found. well that's a difficult one i thought a bomb of response to her speech which was quite a dismissive one liner about the fact you've got to balance the america's security here is he with the rest of the peoples of the world was quite equivocating it would be nice to have seen him put up more of us defense for democracy too sure there has to be a balance but it has to be proportionate in any democratic society and overwhelming and endemic data mining of all our information of all our communications is not proportionate so that does erode the basic principles of human rights. yeah and she also urged the journalist somebody to first tagged cyberspace from spying activities and summer taj and said brazil will equip itself with legislation and technology to protect its online users do you think it is possible for brazil to fully isolate its cyber space. well it's a difficult one because we've all become globally so dependent

maybe brazil is jealous.s an honor to be wire tapped by the nsa. >> she said it's one thing to spy on other state governments, but to spy on the oil company, that's for economic advantage. but the two are very closely linked. >> in addition, we've had russia defy the president a couple times, first over edward snowden and then over syria. joining me now is keith boykin and still with us is ann coulter. is this about the nsa or about obama? >> i think michelle is right, it's about the nsa, which started this program under george w. bush. >> with the vote of congress, the patriot act, democrats voted for it, too. >> it's not just the patriot act. it's also the warrantless wire tap. this thing about foreign spying, this has been going on since the beginning of time. the idea that president obama's administration is the only administration that has ever spied on another government is preposterous. i don't think anybody will believe at that. >> i think it is obama. he may have been very charming in his telephone c

protests in brazil as the country celebrates its independence. they're all protesting against government corruption and slow reform. demonstrators have been met with force by police in rio de janeiro. >>> secretary of state john kerry me in lithuania and now in his way to france to meet with the french foreign minister. >>> president obama is heading back to congress to convince congress for the need of a military strike in syria. what does he need to do to convince congress to support the strike in syria. >> he still has starting the day after tomorrow when congress is back in session, a lot of work to do in order to make some head way on the hill. let's hear from a couple of lawmakers what their thoughts are. >> the problem is that we're trying to figure out if we go in, is more harm possibly done by some type of retaliation by president assad and others, does iran do something? i'm not sure. >> i don't want to make a decision based on the president's credibility. i want to make a decision on the bases of whabasis of what is ber country. >> tha

so, yeah, brazil is mad at us.morning, it was brazil's president giving her speech upgrading the united states for this totally unacceptable affront to the principles that should government relations between countries, followed immediately by the speech from president obama. so that was an awkward start to the day. it's also a reminder, though, of the breadth of stuff that was leaked by edward snowden, the former nsa contractor now holed up in russia after having delivered thousands of classified documents of various forms of american spying to "the washington post" and the "guardian." he leaked about the u.s. spying on brazil, china, on you and me, and how the whole architecture of american telecom is tapped or tapable by u.s. intelligence agencies. and whatever you think about those leaks and the guy who did the leaking, it is kind of amazing that this guy who is not particularly accomplished in the intelligence world, didn't have any title of any consequence, hadn't really risen through the ranks very far at all

knows how to protect itself brazil does not provide shelter to terrorist groups we are a democratic country the brazilian president is so outraged at american spine both on her. country and on her personal e-mails in her personal life that she canceled a state dinner with president obama while most americans see this as a rift between brazil and the united states over the issue of our spying on the president rousseff highlighted the most important point of all elsewhere in her speech this morning she said without the right of privacy there is no real freedom of speech or freedom of opinion and so there is no actual democracy this is not just true of international relations it's also true domestically here within the united states back before the kennedy administration largely put an end to it j. edgar hoover was infamous in political circles in washington d.c. for his spying on and blackmailing of both american politicians and activists like for example the reverend dr martin luther king jr he even sent king tapes of an extramarital affair and suggested the king should consider comm

and digital divorce brazil pushes to unplug itself from a u.s. monitored internet seeking its own online sovereignty this after america's national security agency was exposed spying on the brazilian government and oil company. international news and comments you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow the u.n. inspectors had data which could have pointed to a chemical attack by the syrian rebels but they didn't take it into account when making their report that was the message from russia's deputy foreign minister who was meeting president assad in damascus to work out the details to syria handing over its chemical stockpile artie's alexia chef ski has more the bottom line award . to russia does not believe the accusations and claims by the united states and several western countries that the chemical weapons were in fact used by assad's forces in fact of course as the definitive proof of rebel forces use. first to the u.n. inspectors some some time ago or so weeks ago and this was not taken into the inconclusive as he described it record

divorce brazil pushes to unplug itself from the u.s. wanted to internet only online sovereignty america's national security agency was exposed on the government and oil company. public sector workers go on nationwide strike in protest over more. government. jobs in exchange for cash international creditors. costing live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is. russian officials are in damascus to work out a plan for syria's chemical weapons around they've already met with syrian president bashar assad the u.n. resolution to go along with a hand isn't ready for members to vote on yet the use of force is still a major point of contention for the security council more questions also over who carried out a chemical attack in august. first now america any any major breakthroughs at these talks in damascus. well kerry yes we know that we just heard now that russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov said that russia will tourists for the evidence that it received from the syrian government according to each as the syrian government has the t

plus brazil's president cancels a state visit to washington over n.s.a. spying allegations to take a look at the measures the country is mulling to protect itself from the u.s. cyber surveillance. iran seems to be offering an olive branch to the west ahead of next week's un general assembly meeting a change of tone that first appeared with the election of a new president has become especially noticeable this week here's a look at some of hasan rouhani is moves that may be signaling a thaw first in a recent interview he made it clear iran will never pursue nuclear weapons adding that his government might be ready to strike a deal with the west rouhani further address the topic of cooperation when he made his case for putting an end to frosty relations and engaging in constructive dialogue in an open letter to the washington post newspaper and in a conciliatory gesture iran released almost a dozen political prisoners this week two of them renowned human rights advocates at the core of this push to defrost relations is an exchange of letters between rouhani

pres brazil's president dilma rousseff has cancelled and official visit to the u.s. over allegations that america's national security agency snooped on her e-mails and phone calls documents leaked by x. n.s.a. contractor edward snowden suggest that the agency also tapped into communications of ordinary brazilians the revelations prompted brazil to look at ways of protecting its data and internet independence from the u.s. marine up port nyan has the details. as the n.s.a. spying scandal continues to undermine america's global standing one u.s. ally is not willing to forgive and forget brazilian president dilma rousseff has canceled her scheduled visit to the white house next month pulling out of what was supposed to be the first official state visit of u.s. president barack obama's second term it would have also been the first for a brazilian president in nearly two decades in addition to breaking dates for cilia is also taking steps to divorce itself from the u.s. centric internet while seeking its own sovereignty in cyberspace president rousseff has ordered a serie

digital divorce brazil pushes to unplug itself from a u.s. monitored internet seeking its own online sovereignty after america's national security agency was exposed spying on the brazilian government and oil companies. while the number of christian worshipers goes into decline in the u.k. islam seems to be gaining more and more adherents with some saying it could be on the way to becoming britain's dominant religion. and i welcome you watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me andrey farm. now the u.n. security council will be given new evidence of chemical weapons use by the syrian rebels that was the message from russia's foreign minister while his deputy is in damascus working on a plan to have syria surrender its chemical weapons. is in the syrian capital. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that russia will turn for the average and that aid received from the syrian government according to we each as the syrian government has the the rabble the radical rebels alvey hind the deadly chemical attack here in the syria last

. >>> police have used tear gas to break up demonstrations in brazil. the demonstrations went ahead on independence day. >> reporter: the military parade in brazil mark a country staeupbd of independence. security was tight. spectators were checked upon arrival. police all over the country was checked on what is brazil's largeest protest but it never happened. thousands of people demonstrated in brazil but nationwide the numbers failed in comparison to a couple months ago when hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets. but those that did come out oh, they were sroersing th voicing s of everybody. >> nobody craziness. the brazilian people cannot take it anymore. >> reporter: the numbers were well below expectation though there were confrontations between police and protestors. so, just like the protestors in june, we see this protest is bringing tot a wide prospect in brazilian society but it's clear this is a movement that's primarily driven by young people. >> reporter: like 1 14-year-old who came to participate with her friend. >> translator

they're also calling for more respect for people of brazil. they see politicians as a corrupt class and make a lot of money and do not prioritize the people in the country. they want more services for the people every day people who need better transportation, better healthcare, better education for their children. so it's a wide movement, but that's really what they're asking for. more respect, and more spending on social services. >> adam, how have these protests impacted celebrations for independence day? >> well, typically brazil, much like parts of the united states, had a large parade, here they had a large military parade, we saw a miles-long procession, and it's a common sight and in other cities. you had a few hundred people interested in the parade, and you had others protesting for a whilers others who are skeptical of what is going on because it's a less festive environment. it made this holiday one of caution and concern not just because of today itself but brazil's future and what is going to be happening here in the coming month

right i mean brazil is certainly and the u.s. are two of the biggest economies in the americas and the fact that this spying scandal has been this causing this much outrage for brazil is certainly not going to make things better they do have plenty of trade and economic and political ties of course and this is something that's overshadowing any prospect of developing and considering brazil one official apology to come out of washington which we certainly have not heard said expressly we do know that barack obama spoke right after her at the united nations general assembly and this was something that was just kind of brushed over and what a bolivian president evo morales because he just filed a lawsuit against president obama has finally won right now for crimes against humanity what did he have to say at the u.n. g.a. . right i mean this is something that's been pretty intense this announcement announcement of trying to file a case. against barack obama referring to crimes against humanity is certainly a very loud statement so we