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Paid in Blood: Standing up to private interests often turns deadly in Brazil
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Amazon deforestation breaks new monthly record
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Biden’s “ambitions to save the planet comes down to a delicate dance” centring on a key issue, says Politico - whether he can “cut a deal” with Brazil’s President Jair Balsonaro, “whose allies are slashing and burning the Amazon”.
Flanked by John Kerry, the first ever US climate change envoy, Biden has “dived headlong into talks” with his controversial counterpart in a bid to achieve that goal, the news site continues. But “allies and activists inside and outside of Brazil” are warning that the so-called “Trump of the tropics” cannot be trusted.
Rainforest assault
Bolsonaro has been “accused of accelerating his dismantling of the Amazon rainforest as land clearances and the destruction of habitats increase”, The Times reports.
Bolsonaro Doesn’t Want to Save the Amazon. He Just Wants to Extort the Countries That Do.
In theory, wealthy nations should pay to stop deforestation in Brazil. But Bolsonaro can’t be trusted to keep his end of the deal.
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It sounds a lot like extortion: After more than two years
denying that runaway deforestation in the Amazon is a real problem, the
Brazilian government now says it will protect the rain forest if the United
States ponies up. Wednesday, on the eve of Joe Biden’s virtual climate
summit with dozens of world leaders, President Jair Bolsonaro’s environment
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