The Brazilian president’s new comments came after data confirmed that “2019 has been a dark year for the rainforest in Brazil.”
By Andrea Germanos, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 11-20-2019
Right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro drew worldwide rebuke Wednesday after saying
Amazon deforestation and fires would not end because “it’s cultural.”
Marcio Astrini, public policy coordinator at Greenpeace Brazil, told the Washington Post that “the only cultural aspect of deforestation in the Amazon is the culture of forest crime, which the government does not seem to want to confront.” Continue reading