Tag: burning forests

• Friday, August 30th 2019 - 09:02 UTC

  Bolsonaro bans burning forests for 60 days, and insists Macron must apologize for calling him a liar

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree to ban burning throughout the country for two months, government sources said, as the authorities scramble to defuse the Amazon fires which have triggered a global outcry.