Eldorado Posted November 30, 2019 #1 Share Posted November 30, 2019 (edited) "Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has accused Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio of "giving money to set the Amazon on fire". "The president gave no evidence but in the past has accused NGOs critical of his policies of starting fires that ravaged the rainforest this year. "Several arrests have been made amid controversial and unproven allegations fires were started to obtain funding. "DiCaprio, who has pledged $5m for the Amazon, denied Mr Bolsonaro's claim. "The latest comments appear to arise from the arrest of four volunteer firefighters from northern Pará state on allegations they started fires to generate NGO." Full story at the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-50613054 And at Harper's Bazaar: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/celebrities/news/a30060367/leonardo-dicaprio-wrongly-accused-amazon-fires-brazil/ Edited November 30, 2019 by Eldorado 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted December 5, 2019 Author #2 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Related.... NGOs worry powers of state are being used to criminalise their activities after firefighters accused of setting blazes. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/05/brazil-ngos-crackdown-raids-amazon-fires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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