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Brazil leader halts US trip over spying

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has postponed a state visit to Washington, and is demanding a full public apology from for US spying.

Brazil's president Dilma Roussef.
Brazil's president Dilma Roussef. Source: AAP

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Brazil's president has postponed a state visit to Washington in response to US spying.

President Dilma Rousseff says she's not making the trip next month, which was to include a state dinner.

Rousseff has been angered reports based on leaked National Security Agency documents, which show her communications with top aides were intercepted.

The NSA espionage program also targeted state-run oil company Petrobras.

Brazil reportedly has been the top Latin American target for spying, with data on billions of emails and telephone calls swooped up in NSA programs.

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President Barack Obama called Rousseff late Monday and tried to talk her into maintaining her trip, the Brazilian president's office said.

But Rousseff was demanding a full public apology from Obama for the spying, which she didn't get.


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