US spying whistleblower Edward Snowden is likely to accept asylum in Venezuela to escape prosecution in his home country, according to the journalist who first published the documents he leaked.
In an interview after speaking to Snowden online, The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald said Venezuela is the most likely of several Latin American countries to guarantee safe passage for Snowden, especially as the US pressures other nations not to take him.
Nicaragua and Bolivia have also said they would accept Snowden but Venezuela is better poised “to get him safely from Moscow to Latin America and to protect him once he’s there,” Greenwald said.
“They’re a bigger country, a stronger country and a richer country with more leverage in international affairs,” said Greenwald.
So it’s because Venezuela is bigger, stronger and richer? Yeah, okay. What about Venezuela’s ridiculously oppressive speech/media laws and human rights record? Oh right. Venezuela’s track record is irrelevant because the United States is run by fascist despot who hates Glenn and Ed personally.