Brazil’s President Seems Fine With Letting the Amazon Burn

With the Amazon ablaze, Bolsonaro has come under heavy criticism over his environmental policies, including from Macron, whose feud recently veered into personal territory

, seemingly to clear land for farming as the far-right Brazilian president relaxes environmental laws. With the Amazon ablaze, Bolsonaro has come under heavy criticism over his environmental policies, including from Macron, whose feud with the nationalist leader recently veered into personal territory. Bolsonaro, who has accused Macron of having a “colonist mindset” about Brazil, took a sexist jab aton Facebook Sunday, responding to a post comparing the ages of their respective wives.

The feud initially kicked off when Macron called on world leaders to act to protect the Amazon, putting the crisis front and center at the G7 summit and criticizing Bolsonaro’s for “lying” about his commitment to addressing climate change. “Our house is burning. Literally,” Macron

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