The Argentine President's Riveting Account of Tuesday's Snowden Crisis

[morningfog]

When Bolivian President Evo Morales' plane was rerouted last night on the suspicion that it was carrying NSA leaker Edward Snowden out of Russia, outraged, frantic South American leaders spent the evening on the phone in an attempt to seek justice.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner recounted her experience of the crisis in a series of Tweets—demonstrating that not just Bolivia but much of South America was infuriated at the European breach of diplomatic immunity. Here's her Twitter story, with accompanying translations and annotations by Kragen Javier Sitaker:

http://gawker.com/the-argentine-presidents-riveting-account-of-tuesdays-657792469?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Good account/translation at link.

[DirkGently]

1. Good stuff n/t

[think]

2. It appears that following world leaders via their Twitter feed might be a good

way to follow what is actually going on.....

[Coyotl]

3. Twitter Page is here:

https://twitter.com/CFKArgentina/with_replies

Cuenta Oficial de la Presidenta de la Nación Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
En facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CFKArgentina
Argentina · cfkargentina.com

2,131,512 Followers!

[magellan]

4. Come now, everyone knows this was just another rw scandal meant to make Obama look bad.

And Argentina was in on it too. Because we all know how tight Argentina and Ecuador -- er, Bolivia is with our Rethugs. They masterminded this plot to turn a faulty fuel gauge into an international incident that reflected badly on the US government. Everyone involved played along, including Spain -- who told Austria they'd only grant Morales overfly permission if his plane was searched (those anti-Obama fascists) -- and the Austrian foreign minister, who cleverly feigned annoyance at Spain for imposing this condition.

My god, it's a vast conspiracy against the Obama administration!

Just in case:

[jollyreaper2112]

5. Right there with you

It's obviously Obama derangement syndrome. Nothing to see here. He is our boyfriend, after all. He's so dreamy!

[flamingdem]

6. Pile of reactive tweets from a person, Fernandez, who had no facts

Other than the incorrect information being fed her by the Bolivians

But... call a meeting! Damn the facts that take time to come out. Don't even give it a day! We must meet and exclaim!

[morningfog]

7. So, Bolivia was just lying and making this up in real time?

[flamingdem]

8. If Portugal says that it was technical, had been discussed for 2 days, you have to wonder

why that turned into a kerfuffle. Plus, they chose not to go to Spain where they could have refueled.

[BrotherIvan]

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