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As Amazon deforestation surges, Jair Bolsonaro says only cash can make it stop.

Emily Atkin
Jun 16, 2021
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There are few humans with more power over the climate than Jair Bolsonaro. The Trump-like president of Brazil knows this better than anyone—which is why he’s threatening to destroy it unless he gets lots of cash.

Reports of this threat come from President Joe Biden’s virtual summit of world climate leaders held this past Earth Day. At that summit, Bolso…

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