Snowden saga. The president s of nicaragua and venezuela have both offered asylum in their countries. He has been hold up in an airport in russia. Jim, good day to you. First of all, the reality of these asylum offers, could they both actually be implemented . Hi there, alex. Good day to you. They are both realistic, thats for sure. Venezuela, along with bolivia, have all along been the odds on favorite to offer asylum to snowden. Nicaragua has been on that list. But most thought nicaragua is trying too hard to make amends with the u. S. But venezuelan preparation nicolas maduro, when he was here earlier in the week for the energy summit, he was very vocal on his support for snowden. He then seemed to back off saying he would have to gauge world reaction first. But then youll recall the bolivian plane incident in which the president s plane was grounded in vienna because of a mistaken tip it turned out that snowden was on board. Well, after that, maduro and other south american leaders