The Obama Aministration is putting great pressure on Ecuador to not take in NSA truth teller Ed Snowden. But if President Rafael Correa stands up to what many there see as America’s bullying and blackmail, it may help his standing in Ecuador and all of Latin America. Guest is Latin America scholar Steven Striffler, who points out that South America knows quite a bit more about US surveillance and imperialism thatn nearly everyone in the US. In the face of the aggressive US spin putting all the focus on Snowden, the world knows the surveillance state is the real problem.