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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. ....
For the World to See: Bolsonaroâs Failure to Protect the Amazon The Brazilian government is trying to convince the international community that its support is needed to save the Amazon rainforest. Children fleeing from a forest fire in Brazil. In Brazil, the popular historical expression âfor the English to seeâ means âfor the purpose of appearance, without validityâ. It emerged in the nineteenth century, when England, for economic reasons, tried to abolish slavery throughout the world, including in Brazil, whose economy was based on slavery. To deceive the British, the Brazilian Empire placed ships on the coast with the supposed mission of going after slave ships. In practice, however, nothing happened. It was just a staging âfor the English to see.â ....