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Brazil Rejects G-7's Offer Of $22 Million To Fight Amazon Fires

Posted on AllSides August 27th, 2019
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Brazil says it will reject an offer of at least $22 million from the rich countries in the Group of Seven to help fight fires sweeping through the Amazon rainforest. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he doesn't want the money — unless it comes with an apology from French President Emmanuel Macron.

Bolsonaro and Macron have engaged in a dayslong spat after the French leader used the G-7 summit this week to call for action to protect the Amazon and said the fires are a world environmental crisis that Bolsonaro...

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https://www.npr.org/2019/08/27/754687137/brazil-rejects-g-7s-offer-of-22-million-to-fight-amazon-fires

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