Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday authorized deployment of armed forces into the Amazon region to fight fires and deforestation, three months earlier than in 2019, after a jump in destruction in the world's largest rainforest.
FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures as he leaves Alvorada Palace, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Brasilia, Brazil May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Last year, Bolsonaro waited until August to send troops into the region, following international outcry over a wave of fires in the rainforest, which traps vast amounts of greenhouse gases that cause climate change. Vice President Hamilton Maurao said last week that the government planned to send in the military as part of a plan to establish bases in the Amazon to fight deforestation.
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