3 minutes agoAmazon Fires: Brazil refuses 20 million help “You couldn't avoid fire in a church, and you're lectured us”
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Brazil's government has said it will reject the G7 countries' offer of assistance to help deal with fires in the Amazon forests. French President Emmanuel Macron, who was in charge of the G7 summit that ended on Monday, said a amount of 20m euros would [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron, who was in charge of the G7 summit that ended on Monday, said a 20m-euro amount would be offered as help to confront the Amazon fires.
But Brazilian ministers have said they don't need this money and have accused the major powers of wanting control over the Amazon, writes the BBC, translates Periscopi.
Satellite data showed fires mostly in the Amazon at record levels.
Commenting on the G7's offer to provide assistance, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's cabinet chief, Onyx Lorenson, told the Globo news news news “Thank you, but this money is probably more necessary for the reforestation of Europe. Macron couldn't even avoid a fire in a church [Notre Damme Cathedral], and he's asking to lecture us?
Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo said they already had mechanisms in use to fight deforestation. /Periscope
