Trump, worried about an agreement signed by Gerardo Morales in Jujuy

The US government has expressed its "concern" for a project of "public safety" in the province of Jujuy that involves the use of a surveillance technology and security cameras of the company Chinese ZTE.

It is a project that the Jujuy government has entrusted to the Chinese company for the development of a surveillance system and control by security cameras, a 911 central office and telecommunications infrastructure, which is causing concern in Washington, the newspaper reported. The New York Times.

These "concerns" were expressed by the Office of Western Hemisphere Affairs of the US Department of State.

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"China collects and exploits data on an incomparable scale and uses it to promote corruption, support arbitrary surveillance and silence dissidents," a spokeswoman said in a statement quoted by the newspaper.

According to the newspaper, the call for attention on this initiative shows how the White House is stepping up control of large Chinese companies and small businesses as part of its drive to reduce global expansion . monitoring technology of Asian companies.

The "Integral Jujuy Safe and Interconnected" project, approved last March and responsible for its implementation with the Ministry of Security of the province, involves a loan of $ 24.1 million from the Hong Kong branch. BBVA bank, reported by Telam when the transaction was known.

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The initiative includes the implementation of 600 CCTV cameras, a "300 km fiber optic overhead network" for high-performance interconnection and data transmission in San Salvador de Jujuy, of a data center, a 911 central and the laying of a network of IP Telephony and Internet.

It also involves "recorders to link 310 points of government, between hospitals, police units and educational institutions", all that needs to be implemented within 18 months and, at a later stage, the device will be extended with the same capabilities to the rest of the province, according to the government of Jujuy said in a statement posted on its website.

During the presentation of the project, ZTE Argentina Managing Director, Dennis Wang, said that "these cameras will be installed in all the streets of the city and that it will be possible to control how to prevent any type of camera." insecurity".

After noting that the CCTV system in China allowed a marked reduction in crime, he said the idea was that Jujuy could be safe like China, by applying this technology, according to the government's website. Jujuy.

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For its part, Governor Gerardo Morales said in introducing the initiative that it "is a project monitored by the Chinese government, such as the Cauchari project".