EXCLUSIVE: Southern Command rebuilds intelligence relationship with Brazil years after Snowden damage

By Abraham Mahshie

Published July 4, 2020 4:01am ET

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EXCLUSIVE: Southern Command rebuilds intelligence relationship with Brazil years after Snowden damage — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro walks with U.S. Southern Commandâs Commander, Navy Adm. Craig Faller, during a visit to SOUTHCOM headquarters. Bolsonaro visited SOUTHCOM to meet with U.S. military leaders to discuss the growing U.S.-Brazil defense partnership. | (Photo by Juan Chiari, U.S. Army Garrison-Miami)

South America’s largest country by landmass and economy is also a flashpoint for criminal organizations, narcotics trafficking, and terrorism financing.

Brazil once provided vital intelligence to prevent transnational threats from reaching the U.S. homeland. Then, Edward Snowden published a trove of classified information in 2013, revealing wiretaps of then-Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

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