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Going to do, given his first eight months in office, is about dismantling monitoring and transparency, and undermining the rights of the indigenous peoples in the amazon. >> who do you think is behind them? >> these are deliberate fires. they're not caused by accident. the fires are burned to clear the cattle ranches, pasture and cropland. >> the brazilian president, i think 36 hours ago, said it was a throwaway comment. but he did say it. he said the ngos might be behind this. how did you react to that. >> that's preposterous. >> okay. we'll leave it at that. he walked back the accusations an...