President says Brazil lacks the resources to fight Amazon fires

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Amazon rainforest's worst fires blamed on farmers and loggers

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has backtracked on claims the Amazon forest blazes were started by NGOs. In a live Facebook video Thursday, Bolsonaro said the government lacks the resources to fight the wildfires. Brazilian farmers and loggers' 'queimada', the slash-and-burn season, is being blamed for rampant blazes.

 

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They are being urged on by the country's president.. He is a nutcase..the country is so corrupted ! ..

Brasil

Estamos chocadas e principalmente com a inércia do governo federal !!!!😫😫😫

Muito triste isso !!!!!

Not the military-industrial complex? Shocking!

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