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Bolsonaro warns environmental monitoring agencies: “the party is over”

Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 08:10 UTC
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“I want to defend the environment, but not in a Shiite way, as is taking place now,” Bolsonaro said “I want to defend the environment, but not in a Shiite way, as is taking place now,” Bolsonaro said
Bolsonaro himself owes Ibama 10,000 Reais (US$ 2,600) for illegally fishing in 2012. The president-elect vowed to pay the fine. Bolsonaro himself owes Ibama 10,000 Reais (US$ 2,600) for illegally fishing in 2012. The president-elect vowed to pay the fine.
“But I am living proof of the bias and bad work of some inspectors of Ibama and ICMBio. This will stop,” he said. “But I am living proof of the bias and bad work of some inspectors of Ibama and ICMBio. This will stop,” he said.
Bolsonaro insisted with “integrating Indians into society,” saying that he no longer wants to maintain native reservations. “My plan is to make Indians our equals” Bolsonaro insisted with “integrating Indians into society,” saying that he no longer wants to maintain native reservations. “My plan is to make Indians our equals”

Brazil's incoming far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, took a swipe at the government's environmental monitoring agencies, warning he would not allow them to impose “fines all over the place.”

“The party is over,” said Bolsonaro, a retired army captain who takes office on January 1. He was speaking on the sidelines of a ceremony at the Agulhas Negras military academy outside Rio de Janeiro, where he studied in the 1970s.

“I will no longer allow Ibama and ICMBio to be handing out fines all over the place,” he said, referring to Brazil's main government environmental protection bureaus.

“I want to defend the environment, but not in a Shiite way, as is taking place now,” he said. He used the word “Shiite” as a synonym for radical and inflexible.

Bolsonaro himself owes Ibama 10,000 Reais (US$ 2,600) for illegally fishing in 2012. The president-elect vowed to pay the fine.

“But I am living proof of the bias and bad work of some inspectors of Ibama and ICMBio. This will stop,” he said.

During the presidential campaign Bolsonaro criticized both government agencies, arguing that environmental protection could not “hinder development” and complaining that agribusiness was being “suffocated” by regulations.

Bolsonaro also revealed that he took part in the recent government decision to withdraw Brazil's offer to host the COP25 UN climate conference next year, officially due to “budget constraints.”

Bolsonaro also reiterated his intention to “integrate Indians into society,” saying that he no longer wants to maintain native reservations.

“My plan is to make Indians our equals,” he said. “They have the same needs as us; they want doctors, dentists, television, and internet.”

This ignores the wish of the tribes to maintain their traditional way of life, away from towns and cities.

Bolsonaro had a similar comment on Friday, claiming that over the past 20 years Brazil has been under foreign pressure to designate territory for native Brazilians.

“Why here in Brazil should we keep them reclusive in reservations, as if they were animals in a zoo?” he asked.

 

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  • :o))

    REF: “the party is over”

    For the partners - Drug-Syndicates, Churches [powerful money laundering machines] + the rest of the crooks - too?
    https://www.otempo.com.br/polopoly_fs/1.1372097.1534256800!httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/main-horizontal-photo-gallery-leading-fit_620/image.jpg

    Dec 05th, 2018 - 08:35 pm 0
  • Chicureo

    Bolsonaro understands what populism is, Macron mis-sells Globalisim: Donald J. Trump on Twitter: ”The Paris Agreement isn’t working out so well for Paris. Protests and riots all over France. People do not want to pay large sums of money, much to third world countries (that are questionably run), in order to maybe protect the environment. Chanting “We Want Trump!” Love France.”

    Dec 08th, 2018 - 04:21 pm 0
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