Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has achieved a remarkable feat. As fires, many deliberately started, raged in the Amazon, he lost Brazil all the international respect it had earned over the years for tackling climate change and protecting the environment.
The world watched in dismay at the destruction. International leaders expressed concern and protests were held outside Brazilian embassies. Bolsonaro faces becoming an international pariah and reducing Brazil’s access to world markets. And it has all happened because the Brazilian president has pandered to the suicidal drives of an anachronistic portion of the agribusiness and mineral extractive industries.
