Amazon wildfires: Leaders pressure Brazil to quell ‘international crisis’
By DW
31 August 2019 |
9:29 am
Brazil has lashed out at international critics who are blaming President Jair Bolsonaro for not doing enough to curb massive Amazon fires. Bolsonaro accused media organizations of trying to undermine his government.
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