In the end, an offended Bolsonaro rejected France's money | Chronic

The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, he repeated Monday that he would not accept "alms from any country in the world under the pretext of preserving the Amazon". It is for this reason that the G7 financial badistance for the fight against forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon excludes the contribution of France to be destined "to other Amazonian countries"according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile.

In a statement, the Chilean government said that "Two AT108 aircraft specializing in the fight against forest fires, with a capacity of 3,000 liters proposed by the president, are already in the Amazon and are at the disposal of the Brazilian government (Sebastian) Pineapple fight the fire in the Amazon "while others "Two more planes, with the same characteristics, will be sent in the next days".

This mobilization of funds is the result of G7 promises. However, Chile clarified some time later "the financial aid granted by France will be destined to the other Amazonian countries which have made the request".

In the same spirit, the government of Emmanuel Macron He announced that a civilian security team would visit Bolivia on Tuesday. These are six military experts in fire, logistics, transmissions and ground operations. In addition, an aviation expert will join the team this week.

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Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, after participating as a guest country at the last G7 meeting – formed by the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, Germany, France and Canada – won the role of coordinator of the $ 20 million pledged to fight wildfires in the Amazon.

The Bolsonaro government received aid from the G7 contingent after the retracted Macron statement in which it evoked a possible internationalization of the Brazilian Amazon, a region vital to the planet's climatic equilibrium .