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Bolsonaro Dismisses Amazon Deforestation as ‘Cultural’
Olivia Rosane
11-25-19
Despite confirmation this week that the deforestation rate in the Amazon rainforest is at its highest in more than a decade, far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro refuses to take the problem seriously.
When confronted with findings from Brazil‘s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) that deforestation between August 2018 and July 2019 was at its highest rate since 2008, Bolsonaro wrote them off as inevitable.
“Deforestation and fires will never end,” Bolsonaro told reporters in......
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