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President Bolsonaro Fiddles While the Brazilian Amazon Goes Up in Smoke

Posted: 18 Sep 2020 08:09 AM PDT

On August 11, 2020, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro dismissed the raging fires in the Amazon, calling their existence a "lie." However, his own government has reported more than 10,000 fires currently burning in the Amazon, a 17 percent increase from the same time last year, when the number of wildfires reached a nine-year high. The […] Related posts: Intense 2019 Amazon Fire Season May Become Dangerous Template for 2020 Brazilian Amazon Drained of Millions of Wild Animals by Criminal...

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