Brazil's President Blames Leonardo DiCaprio For Amazon Fires

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of spurring the disaster via his donations to local nonprofits, following his foundation's $5 million pledge to help impacted areas and stop the fires.

"DiCaprio is a cool guy, isn't he?" the president said to his supporters on Friday, per the publication."Giving money to set the Amazon on fire."blaming his critics and these nonprofits of"purposefully setting fires to attract contributions from around the world" in an effort to make him look bad.Foreign Policy,

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