Brazil: Biden called president about surveillance
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The Brazilian government says US Vice President Joe Biden has telephoned President Dilma Rousseff in an effort to ease tensions created by the disclosure that the United States collected data on billions of telephone and email conversations in Latin America's biggest nation.
The Brazilian presidency's website says that Rousseff and Biden spoke for 25 minutes on Friday night. After the phone conversation, Communications Minister Helena Chagas told reporters that Biden called Rousseff to offer explanations and to "express his regret over the negative repercussions caused by the disclosures." (AP)
