Brazil Rejects $20M from G-7 Countries to Help Fight Amazon Fires

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Tuesday that his country will continue to reject a $20 million offer from G-7 countries to fight the Amazon Rainforest fires unless French President Emmanuel Macron apologizes and takes back his words against him.

Bolsonaro said in a statement “First of all, Macron must withdraw his insults. He called me a liar.” Macron has been critical of the Brazilian government’s efforts to save the rainforest. Bolsonaro says the fires stem from environmentalists and left-wing governments out to get him.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49479470

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