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Re:Brazil to open 860K acres of protected Amazon rainforest ... by rmellow on Saturday July 15, 2017 @09:37PM (#14780052)
"If the people of Brazil value the rainforest at all, it is a lower priority than whatever they are dealing with in their day to day life."

You assume Brazilians are represented by their government. In theory, yes. In theory.

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Re:Brazil to open 860K acres of protected Amazon rainforest ... by microcolonel on Saturday July 15, 2017 @09:46PM (#14780075)
No, I'm saying that if they're going to fight for anything in their government, it's not going to be this first.
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