The presidents of Nicaragua and Venezuela offer political asylum to the former NSA contractor as he remains in Limbo in Russia. US intelligence leaker, Edward Snowden has been told he could be welcomed in Nicaragua and Venezuela after applying to another countries for asylum.
Skynews reported that the Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega while speaking at a public event, said his government was willing to grant political asylum to the former NSA contractor “if circumstances permit it”.
He added, “We are open, respectful of the right to asylum, and it is clear that if circumstances permit it, we would receive Snowden with pleasure and give him asylum here in Nicaragua.
“We have the sovereign right to help a person who felt remorse after finding out how the United States was using technology to spy on the whole world, and especially its European allies.”
Mr Ortega said his government had received an asylum application at its embassy in Moscow.
Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro made the same promise during a speech marking the anniversary of Venezuela’s independence.
He said, “As head of state, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela decided to offer humanitarian asylum to the young American Edward Snowden so that he can live (without) persecution from the empire.
It was not immediately clear if there were any conditions to Venezuela’s offer.
Snowden is believed to be hold up at a Moscow airport looking for a country that will give him safe haven as the US wants to extradite him to face espionage charges.
The 30-year-old has previously asked 21 countries for asylum but most said he must be on their soil for his application to be accepted. WikiLeaks revealed he had applied to more countries.
A tweet from the anti-secrecy website said, “Edward Snowden has applied to another six countries for asylum”.
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