Events around the world against Bolsonaro for fires in the Amazon: "You must leave"

"Save the Amazon", "Bolsonaro must leave", "We want a future", "The Earth is not for sale". Thousands of people have heard cries in front of Brazilian embbadies and consulates in different parts of the world to ask them to fight fires unprecedented in the Amazon.

Convened by the Extinction rebellion, on Friday for the future and other environmental groups, the protesters repudiated their policy of deregulation of Jair Bolsonaro –defender of mines and livestock -to those who accuse encourage deforestation and burning in the Amazon.

Demonstrations have been recorded in major European capitals, such as Madrid, London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Dublin, as well as Bombai, India, Cali, Colombia and Caracas, Venezuela.

In Argentina, the protest will take place in front of the headquarters of the Brazilian Embbady in the federal capital, in Cerrito 1350. after 16.

"We are in direct defense of life.What is done in the Amazon is an act not only of a fire, but & # 39; ecocide & # 39;, a genocide of indigenous peoples residing there, "said Nadia Barrasa Fernandez, member of XR, in Madrid, an environmental movement that was born in London and gained international relevance.

According to the National Institute of Space Research of Brazil, about 72,000 outbreaks have been recorded since January, a figure 84% increase over last year. And about 10,000 last week.

Bolsonaro has been at the center of controversy for weeks because of his query the official figures from the advanced deforestation in the Amazon, the so-called "lung of the planet", which led to overthrow the director of the INPE who launched the alert.

Bolsonaro, skeptical about climate change, rather attributes claims to drought and accuses NGOs of trying to create an "environmental psychosis", After hinting that some of them could have intentionally caused fires.

"This environmental psychosis leaves nothing to be done, I do not want to end the environment, I want to save Brazil," said the president.

This Friday, several European countries, including France and Ireland, warned that the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur was in danger if Bolsonaro does not respect its environmental commitments.

"I am deeply concerned by the fires in the Amazon, in the midst of the global climate crisis, we can not afford more damage to a great source of oxygen and biodiversity. The Amazon must be protected, "tweeted UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

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