Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro calls activist Greta Thunberg a 'brat'

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday (called young Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg a 'brat' after she expressed concern about the slaying of indigenous Brazilians in the Amazon.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday from illegal deforestation," she tweeted.The comment by Bolsonaro, who has frequently expressed his admiration for his US counterpart, follows Donald Trump's sarcastic dig at Thunberg in September.

Trump responded to a video of Thunberg discussing suffering people, dying ecosystems and looming mass extinction, saying,"She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!"

 

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