Brazilians Plead for Coronavirus Help While the President Downplays the Pandemic
Even with Brazil’s escalating COVID-19 cases and more than 13000 deaths so far, its populist president Jair Bolsonaro just keeps downplaying the threat. source
Fires in Brazil’s Amazon up 28% in July, worrying experts
Fires in the Brazilian Amazon increased 28% in July from a year ago, according to a new report from a state agency reported By RICARDO COLETTA Associated Press August 1,…
Brazil’s president again stresses sovereignty over Amazon
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has overseen independence day celebrations with a renewed assertion of his country’s sovereignty over the Amazon. The president said Saturday that Brazil “cannot continue and will…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro wants to discuss Amazon fires at UN
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Monday he was eager to speak about the Amazon fires that have drawn world attention at the next U.N. General Assembly in September, as the…
Amazon fires: French activists urge more Brazil action
Pretending to be trees in the Amazon, activists marched through Paris urging Brazil’s president to do more to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest. Some 200 demonstrators walked Saturday toward…