Bolsonaro Refuses G7 Aid for Amazon Fires, Wants Apology from Macron
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Brazil's Bolsonaro says he'll consider aid to fight Amazon fires if Macron apologizes to him first
A day after Brazil rejected aid from G-7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, the Brazilian leader said he would consider accepting the $20 million of help, but only if French President Emmanuel Macron apologized to him personally for perceived insults first. Politics and feelings aside, forest fires have charred and continue to char the Amazon in Brazil. Just over half of the blazes have hit the massive Amazon basin, which regulates part of Earth's carbon cycle and climate.
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Brazil Rejects G-7's Offer Of $22 Million To Fight Amazon Fires 
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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Brazil rejects millions pledged at G-7 to fight fires
As fires rage in the Amazon rainforest, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration rejected $20 million in aid from the G-7 that was pledged to fight them.
Bolsonaro’s chief of staff, Onyx Lorenzoni, suggested that the funds be used elsewhere.
“We are thankful, but maybe those resources would be more relevant to reforest Europe,” the 64-year-old Lorenzoni is quoted as saying.
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