Brazil's president launched a fiery defense of his far-right government Wednesday, blasting international criticism of his handling of blazes in the Amazon this summer that drew worldwide attention over global warming fears.
Bolsonaro repeatedly described criticism raised against him as"fake news," channeling a common refrain by Trump.
International outcry earlier this year led Bolsonaro to ban Amazon farmers from lighting fires for 60 days and send federal troops to help combat the blazes. However, Bolsonaro criticized Macron for trying to bring up"The Amazon region is not on fire, it's not catching fire. It's by definition a tropical rainforest. It cannot possibly be caught on fire," the Brazilian president said."I was accused of being an incendiary and a deforester.
"It's on the part of those who do not respect capital, those who do not respect democracy and freedom," he said."These people want to come back to power in South America and they want to resume a style of government that has not been proven successful anywhere in the world at all."
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