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and his government said European countries are exaggerating Brazils environmental problems in order to disrupt its commercial interestsBolsonaro also accused Macron of a colonialist mindset for attempting to bring the issue to the forefront of the summit.

Balsonaro recently shifted authority over indigenous peoples from the governments official indigenous rights agency to the agriculture ministry.French President Emmanuel Macron called the fires an international crisis and urged leaders at the G-7 summit to prioritize the fires during their discussions in France this weekend.The Amazon is bigger than Europe.

Major environmental organizations areseeking donationsof any amount to assist in their efforts to protect the Amazon.speeding up the rate of deforestation and encroaching on the land ofindigenous peoples.

This devastation is directly related to President Bolsonaros anti-environmental rhetoric.

But climate skeptics attending the summit including President Donald Trump and U.We also have a responsibility to our people and the work and the world to work together when we see it in our interest to do so.

president told reporters he could not divulge how the U.Thats what the United States wants and what we intend to do.

A senior administration official told reporters Wednesday after the talks that the U.Resuming military-to-military communications and cracking down on fentanyl were key objectives for Mr.