Jair Bolsonaro says 'deceitful' media hyping Amazon wildfires
by Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#4R2YY)
In a combative UN address Bolsonaro denied - contrary to the evidence - that the world's largest rainforest was being devastated
Brazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has launched a cantankerous and conspiratorial defense of his environmental record, blaming Emmanuel Macron and the "deceitful" media for hyping this year's fires in the Amazon.
In a combative 30-minute address to the UN general assembly, Bolsonaro denied - contrary to the evidence - that the world's largest rainforest was "being devastated or consumed by fire, as the media deceitfully says".
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