“You have to understand that the Amazon is Brazil’s, not yours,” Bolsonaro said on Friday. No country in the world has the moral right to talk about the Amazon,’ Bolsonaro said. Photograph: Felipe Werneck/AP“We understand the importance of the Amazon for the world – but the Amazon is ours. Among the regions which Bolsonaro said were rich in minerals was Seis Lagos, a remote Amazon region with niobium deposits. “It is difficult to be president of Brazil because it is a president that has less authority,” he said.

Source: The Guardian July 19, 2019 16:00 UTC