Edward Snowden Won't Get Asylum in Brazil The Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff speaks at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 24, 2013 in New York City Brazil says that it is not even considering granting asylum to Edward Snowden even after he offered to help the country investigate the extent to which the NSA has spied on the Brazilian president. The Brazilian government says it hasn't received any official request from Snowden since he arrived to Moscow in June, Reuters reports. Snowden would need to make a formal request, a foreign ministry spokesman said. Snowdon offered to help the Brazilian government investigate the NSA Internet surveillance program in an open letter in a Brazilian newspaper Tuesday. The revelation of NSA spying on Brazil led President Dilma Rousseff to cancel a visit to Washington in October. Snowden, seizing an opportunity, has been campaigning through social media, to offer his help in Brazil. Snowden's temporary asylum in Russia expires in August.