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Re:Amazon fires: Brazil threatened over EU trade deal by gleglegle on Friday August 23, 2019 @02:49PM (#20781119)
Bolsonaro has clearly encouraged deforestation. No other recent Brazilian political leader been so explicit about it. He has also encouraged harassment and hate towards natives living in forested areas. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/19/jair-bolsonaro...
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Re:Amazon fires: Brazil threatened over EU trade deal by andrenth on Friday August 23, 2019 @08:24PM (#20784212)
> He has also encouraged harassment and hate towards natives living in forested areas.

Your own link directly contradicts your statement. He clearly says he wants to increase the quality of life of indigenous people.

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Re:Amazon fires: Brazil threatened over EU trade deal by rodolphoarruda on Friday August 23, 2019 @02:58PM (#20781245)
From the article:

But governing Brazil is no easy matter, he concluded. “It is difficult to be president of Brazil because it is a president that has less authority,”

What Bolsonaro thinks or says has no immediate effect on what has been going on in Amazon for decades. It's easy to blame him, but then... what do we do? More laws? Who's enforcing them?

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Re:Amazon fires: Brazil threatened over EU trade deal by hutzlibu on Friday August 23, 2019 @07:37PM (#20783888)
Every president wants to have more power.

But the point is, that this president actions so far, did not help the amazonas, so how would given him more power, not harm things even more?

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