Spying Is Bad for Business

Can we trust an Internet thats become a weapon of governments?

Following a one-day summit in Brasilia this February, negotiators from Brazil and Europe reached a deal to lay a $185 million fiber-optic cable spanning the 3,476 miles between Fortaleza and Lisbon. The cable will be built by a consortium of Spanish and Brazilian companies. According to Brazils president, Dilma Rousseff, it will protect freedom. No longer will South Americas Internet traffic get routed through Miami, where American spies might see it.