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Related: About this forumProtesters besiege Brazilian embassies worldwide over Amazon fires
Activists condemn president Jair Bolsonaros failure to defend the forest as his supporters condemn global left
Tom Phillips in Mexico City and Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Fri 23 Aug 2019 12.58 EDT
Protesters have laid siege to Brazilian embassies around the world as international outrage over Jair Bolsonaros failure to protect the Amazon intensified and supporters maligned critics of the Brazilian president as leftist conspirators.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside Brazils embassy in central London on Friday with placards reading: The planet deserves better and Our house is on fire.
Bolsonaro wants to destroy the forest and we do not want this, one indigenous leader from Brazil told the crowd.
There were also rallies outside Brazils embassies in Mexico City and Paris, where demonstrators reportedly carried banners reading: Fora Bolsonaro! or Bolsonaro, out!
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/23/brazil-protests-amazon-bolsonaro-failure-protect
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Protesters besiege Brazilian embassies worldwide over Amazon fires (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Aug 2019
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Judi Lynn
(160,648 posts)1. Bolsonaro's sons rush forward to defend "Pops" just as that precious Don Jr. does for his own Pops:
Bolsonaros politician son, Eduardo, claimed criticism of his father was part of an international intrigue designed to damage his government.
The GLOBAL left has come together in a clear attack against president Jair Bolsonaro, he tweeted.
eppur_se_muova
(36,305 posts)2. Glad to hear it. nt
Duppers
(28,127 posts)3. GOOD!!