February 7th, 2023 at 5:51 AM
another possible spy balloon is hovering over Latin America, according to information from the United States. “We are seeing reports of a balloon flying over Latin America. We are in the process of finding out whether this is another Chinese surveillance balloon," said US Department of Defense spokesman Pat Ryder on Friday evening (local time), as reported by the dpa news agency.
It had previously become known that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was postponing a trip to the People's Republic in connection with a first suspected Chinese espionage balloon over the United States. This was announced on Friday from Washington government circles. It would have been the first visit by a US Secretary of State to China since 2018. According to media reports, Blinken was also to be received by China's head of state and party leader Xi Jinping.
It had previously become known that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was postponing a trip to the People's Republic in connection with a first suspected Chinese espionage balloon over the United States. This was announced on Friday from Washington government circles. It would have been the first visit by a US Secretary of State to China since 2018. According to media reports, Blinken was also to be received by China's head of state and party leader Xi Jinping.