您现在的位置是:首页 > 英语视频 > 英语新闻视频 正文 委内瑞拉收到斯诺登庇护申请 2013-07-09来源:CCTV9 Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, has confirmed that the South American nation has received an official request for asylum from US fugitive Edward Snowden. After announcing last week that he would offer asylum to Snowden, Maduro told reporters in Caracas, the former security contractor would have to arrange the details of his flight from Moscow to Venezuela. "We received an application letter for asylum from Snowden. He will need to decide when to fly here, if he definitely wants to fly here. Latin America is probably the only region as a collective of several countries, to offer humanitarian asylum or collective political asylum." "The United States does not govern the world nor does it govern us. We are a free and sovereign country and no one else but the Venezuelan people, the legitimate government elected by the people, governs us." said Nicolas Maduro. Snowden was charged by the US government with three counts of felony after he disclosed a highly-classified surveillance program, which intercepts the e-mails and phone conversations of millions of people. The administration of US President Barack Obama has advised foreign governments that allowing Snowden to land on their territory could seriously damage their relations with the US. Snowden arrived at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport on June 23rd and has been holed up in the airport’s transit zone since his US passport was revoked by Washington. According to a WikiLeaks report, the US fugitive has applied for political asylum with 21 countries. In recent days, Bolivia and Nicaragua have also come forward to offer Snowden asylum. 本栏目更多同类内容 扫码关注和谐英语微信公众号,第一时间获取最新学习资料 或公众号搜索myhxen 上一篇 中国十大最受欢迎面条名单公布 下一篇 海南“蜜月旅行”业务蓬勃发展 相关文章 中国引领全球专利申请中国简化绿卡申请流程中国正式申请加入欧洲复兴开发银行英国比利时对中国公民简化签证申请移民逃离战区 在欧洲寻求庇护德国之翼一架A320因收到炸弹威胁取消起飞三个国家申请加入亚投行中国申请二胎的夫妻比预期的少中国绿卡申请人标准爱德华·斯诺登谈论他的间谍角色