Brazil environment minister probed over alleged illegal timber exports 2 minutes read
Brasilia, May 19 (EFE).- Brazil’s Federal Police launched an operation Wednesday to determine whether Environment Minister Ricardo Salles and other authorities facilitated illegal timber exports to Europe and the United States.
“The (alleged) participation of public officials and business leaders in the timber sector is being investigated over timber export process irregularities,” the Federal Police said of its Operation Akuanduba in this capital, the southeastern state of Sao Paulo and the northwestern states of Para and Amazonas.
A total of 160 federal agents are carrying out 35 court-ordered search warrants as part of the operation, named after the deity of the Araras indigenous group.
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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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Brazil s Bolsonaro moves to arm base, alarming gun experts
MAURICIO SAVARESE, Associated Press
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1of21Shooting range owner Wemerson Alkmim poses for a photo showing off his gun tattoos at his Valparaiso Shooting Club on the outskirts of Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is pushing to deliver on his promise to arm every person that wants it. His newly-issued gun decrees, which will take effect in April unless congress or courts intervene, worry public security analysts, but excite his base.Eraldo Peres/APShow MoreShow Less
2of21FILE - In this April 24, 2019 handout photo, Congresswoman Katia Sastre, an ally of President Jair Bolsonaro, talks with then Secretary of Government Minister Alberto dos Santos Cruz, at Congress in Brasilia, Brazil. Sastre is backing President Jair Bolsonaro’s push to deliver a gun to every Brazilian who wants one, and dismisses public security experts’ concerns about the p