Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is willing to accept foreign aid for fighting the Amazon rainforest fires, but only if his government controls the funds, his spokesman says
The announcement suggests Bolsonaro has dropped an earlier demand that French President Emmanuel Macron withdraw"insults" made against him before he would accept a G7 offer to help put out the fires in the world's largest rainforest.
The announcement suggests Bolsonaro has dropped an earlier demand that French President Emmanuel Macron withdraw "insults" made against him before he would accept a G7 offer to help put out the fires in the world's largest rainforest. Bolsonaro has been involved in an escalating war of words with Macron over the worst fires to hit the Amazon in years — blazes that have sparked a global outcry and threatened to torpedo a huge trade deal between the European Union and South American countries.
"To talk or accept anything from France, with the best possible intentions, he has to withdraw these words, and from there we can talk." Nearly 2,500 troops and 15 aircraft, including two C-130 Hercules, have been deployed, according to the defence ministry, which has published satellite data it says show a reduction in the number of fires in the nine states spanning the Amazon.Rain in some of the affected areas is also helping.
Bolivia's leftist President Evo Morales on Tuesday gave a half-hearted welcome to the G7 aid pledge, which he described as "tiny."
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