Bolsonaro and Trump to blame for Amazon wildfires?

As a record number of fires continues to ravage the Amazon - and with weeks to go until the rainy season starts - Brazil's government is facing a growing international backlash.

Meantime, scrutiny is now also falling on those supporting the Bolsonaro administration in its aggressive push to exploit the rainforest's resources.

Jair Bolsonaro has been arguing that the attention being paid to the devastation in the Amazon is unwarranted. That's despite the fact that, this year, an estimated 950,000 hectares of rainforest has been destroyed - much of it for cattle ranching and soy bean cultivation - with the explicit support of his administration.


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