Jair Bolsonaro canceled his trip to the top on Amazonia by medical prescription

Bolsonaro will undergo a fourth operation this Sunday after stabbing at the abdomen received Sept. 6, 2018 as part of an election act. Preoperative care prevents him from attending the regional summit to be held in the Colombian city of Leticia, according to spokesman President Otavio Rego Barros.

The doctors estimated that after the surgery, Bolsonaro would need 10 days rest, but he did however indicate that he would be going to New York, where Brazil traditionally pronounces the first speech of the day. United Nations General Assembly.

"I appeared in front of the United Nations even in a wheelchair or on a stretcher, I'm comparing because I want to talk about the Amazon," Bolsonaro told the press outside his official residence in Brasilia.

The Brazilian government is badyzing the sending of a replacement or possibly the possibility of postponing the event, so that the president himself can be present at this summit.

The fires in Amazonia have caused an environmental and diplomatic crisis, and they continue to spread.

Bolsonaro, which advocates mining in indigenous reserves and protected areas, considers the action of non-governmental organizations and the interest of European countries for the preservation of the forest as an interference threatening sovereignty from Brazil.

It received $ 20 million in firefighting badistance from G7 countries. He also asked the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to return to statements in which he evoked a possible internationalization of the Brazilian Amazon, a region essential for balancing the climate of the planet.

"I will not accept alms from any country in the world under the pretext of preserving the Amazon," Bolsonaro said Monday, reviving controversy.

Before the General Assembly debate session, the UN will hold a climate summit that will begin on 21 September. It will begin with a youth meeting in which young Swedish activist Greta Thunberg will participate.

Last week, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed the possibility of organizing a special meeting on the situation in the Amazon, during which he described the situation as "obviously very serious". Until now, the initiative has shown no sign of prosperity.