Via CNN:
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/05/world/americas/venezuela-snowden/index.html(CNN) -- [Breaking news update 11:28 a.m. ET]
Bolivia "is willing to give asylum" to U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, President Evo Morales said Saturday, according to a government statement.
[Previously published story]
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has offered asylum to U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, the state-run AVN news agency reported Friday, without offering details.
The report came shortly after Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said he would grant Snowden asylum in his country "if the circumstances permit." Ortega didn't elaborate on his announcement, made during a speech in Managua, except to say his country is "open and respectful to the right of asylum."
"It's clear that that if the circumstances permit it we will gladly receive Snowden and will grant him asylum here in Nicaragua," Ortega said.
Alexei Pushkov, head of the lower Russian legislative body DUMA, believes Snowden's exit from the Moscow airport is a good option.
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Memo to the White House. Pissing off a sovereign nation is not a good idea.
