Asunción, Agencia IP.- The government of Paraguay has announced that it has summoned the Brazilian ambassador to request «detailed explanations about the intelligence action,» which was confirmed last Monday and would involve the hacking of high-ranking officials. Until Brazil provides the necessary statements, negotiations regarding Annex C of the Itaipu Treaty are also suspended, according […]
Asunción, Agencia IP.- The government of Paraguay has announced that it has summoned the Brazilian ambassador to request «detailed explanations about the intelligence action,» which was confirmed last Monday and would involve the hacking of high-ranking officials.
Until Brazil provides the necessary statements, negotiations regarding Annex C of the Itaipu Treaty are also suspended, according to a statement released on Tuesday, April 1, by ministers Rubén Ramírez, Javier Giménez, and Gustavo Villate.
The Brazilian ambassador to Paraguay, José Antonio Marcondes, will be handed a note requesting detailed explanations regarding the actions disclosed yesterday by a Brazilian media outlet. «This violates international law, and we need all the clarifications to our satisfaction,» said Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez.
A Brazilian media outlet published the statements of two agents from the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) as part of an investigation. These agents allegedly had direct involvement in a hacking and espionage operation targeting Paraguayan government officials during negotiations over the Itaipu tariff and the upcoming review of Annex C in June 2022. Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the government of Jair Bolsonaro authorized the espionage activities, which were canceled on March 27, 2023, when the incoming government of Lula Da Silva changed the ABIN director.
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