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Asylum to Snowden
"Asylum to Snowden";
Hello, people. Good evening. (Sorry, María... me again).
Here I send you two links regarding the Snowden Asylum breaking news. The task for this Saturday is to bring, already done, a "pros and cons" essay where you explain (two pros and one con or two cons and one pro) about this matter. In the links you will be able to find examples related to some Larin American countries which have offered Snowden the asylum option. Venezuela is one of them, and since we are all Venezuelan, your essay should present aspects involving our Nation (only).
Do not forget that the PROS and CONS should have to do with YOUR PERCEPTIONS of the fact (Unit 1, the one we worked on last Saturday). The structure of the paragraph should be the one that we practiced in the class (Where to set the topic sentece and supporting sentences). FOCUS ONLY on the structure we studied. The rest of the information is all UP TO YOU.
You do NOT need to follow any other formal aspect besides the ones regarding the way you should make a paragraph.
If any questions, do not doubt to reply.
Good luck...
See you on Saturday.

P.S: For those who did not go to class last Saturday: Welcome!

(CNN) -- He's a high school dropout who worked his way into the most secretive computers in U.S. intelligence as a defense contractor -- only to blow those secrets wide open by spilling details of classified surveillance programs.
Now, Edward Snowden might never live in the United States as a free man again. Where he may end up was a source of global speculation Sunday after he flew from Hong Kong to Russia, his ultimate destination unknown to most.
Snowden has revealed himself as the source of documents outlining a massive effort by the U.S. National Security Agency to track cell phone calls and monitor the e-mail and Internet traffic of virtually all Americans.
Snowden, 29, said he just wanted the public to know what the government was doing.
"Even if you're not doing anything wrong
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