Bolsonaro blames NGOs for Amazon fires

By Anthony Boadle and Gabriel Stargardter
Updated August 22 2019 - 10:53am, first published 10:47am
A NASA satellite image of fires burning in the Amazon rainforest.
A NASA satellite image of fires burning in the Amazon rainforest.

Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has accused non-governmental organisations of burning down the Amazon rainforest to hurt his government, as a growing global outcry against the wildfires rages through social media.

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