Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n“We appreciate (the offer), but maybe those resources\nare more relevant to reforest Europe,” Onyx Lorenzoni, chief of staff to\nPresident Jair Bolsonaro, told the G1 news website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lorenzoni was referring to a $20 million pledge made at the\nG7 summit in France to fight the rainforest blaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Macron cannot even avoid a foreseeable fire in a\nchurch that is a world heritage site. What does he intend to teach our\ncountry?” He continued, referring to the fire in April that devastated the\nNotre-Dame cathedral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The presidency later confirmed the comments to AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brazilian environment Minister Ricardo Salles had earlier\ntold reporters they had welcomed the G7 funding to fight the fires that have\nswept across 950,000 hectares (2.3 million acres) and prompted the deployment\nof the army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But after a meeting between Bolsonaro and his ministers, the\nBrazilian government changed course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Brazil is a democratic, free nation that never had\ncolonialist and imperialist practices, as perhaps is the objective of the\nFrenchman Macron,” Lorenzoni said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tensions have risen between France and Brazil after Macron\ntweeted that the fires burning in the Amazon basin amounted to an international\ncrisis and should be discussed as a top priority at the G7 summit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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