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Judi Lynn

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12. Protesters besiege Brazilian embassies worldwide over Amazon fires
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 10:45 PM
Aug 2019

Activists condemn president Jair Bolsonaro’s failure to defend the forest as his supporters condemn ‘global left’

Tom Phillips in Mexico City and Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Fri 23 Aug 2019 12.58 EDT

Protesters have laid siege to Brazilian embassies around the world as international outrage over Jair Bolsonaro’s failure to protect the Amazon intensified and supporters maligned critics of the Brazilian president as leftist conspirators.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside Brazil’s embassy in central London on Friday with placards reading: “The planet deserves better” and “Our house is on fire”.

“Bolsonaro wants to destroy the forest … and we do not want this,” one indigenous leader from Brazil told the crowd.

There were also rallies outside Brazil’s embassies in Mexico City and Paris, where demonstrators reportedly carried banners reading: “Fora Bolsonaro!” or “Bolsonaro, out!”

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/23/brazil-protests-amazon-bolsonaro-failure-protect
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