Brazil Will Reject $20 Million
International Aid Offer
for Amazon Fires
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The money was offered at the G7 summit in France on Monday.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told CNN
that his country will turn down the money.
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Onyx Lorenzoni, Bolsonaro's chief of staff,
suggested that the money should be used
to help Europe instead.
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We are thankful, but maybe those resources would be more relevant to reforest Europe.
, Onyx Lorenzoni, via G1 Globo.
Bolsonaro and his staff were critical of France
and called the aid offer an attack on
Brazil's independence.
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Macron (France's president) is unable to avoid a preventable fire in a church and he wants to show us what is for our country? He has a lot to look after
at home.
, Onyx Lorenzoni, via G1 Globo.
Brazil is a democratic nation, free and never had colonial or imperialistic practices which might be (the) objective of Frenchman Macron.
, Onyx Lorenzoni, via G1 Globo