Bolsonaro launches ‘Brazil week’ in bid to 'revamp' image over Amazon fires
by Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro and Tom Phillips in from on (#4PR4X)
President urged citizens to hit the streets and show 'the Amazon is ours' amid sinking ratings and vilification over the Amazon
Brazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has urged citizens to clad themselves in the country's yellow and green colours and hit the streets as part of a populist push designed to shore up support amid sinking ratings and international vilification over the Amazon.
Bolsonaro made the appeal ahead of Saturday's annual 7 September independence day celebrations, for which tubthumping and highly politicized displays of patriotism will be held across the country.
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