Jair Bolsonaro said Brazil "owes nothing" to the environment

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro thanked Chile on Saturday for hosting the COP25 summit on climate change that he himself refused to organize because it contained "impossible" goals, and warned that Brazil "owes nothing" to the environment.

The extreme right has made a joint declaration with his Chilean counterpart, Sebastián PiñeraTo close Saturday his visit to Santiago, where he participated Friday at the summit of presidents who kicked off to Prosur, a forum launched by the right governments of South America.

I want to thank Chile "for adopting COP25, Brazil will not be out of it "said the president after his visit to the presidential palace of La Moneda.

Those who know the subject agree with me that "We can not reach an agreement where certain goals are impossible (…) in the end, Brazil owes nothing to the world in terms of environmental preservation."

Recognized for criticizing the Paris agreement on climate change and his disagreements with environmentalists, the president said: "My big concern is the Amazon region."

This region "can not continue to risk being internationalized", but qualified by saying that his country is willing to conclude biodiversity agreements with other countries.

The President received the congratulations from his Chilean counterpart, after the signing of several bilateral agreements to concretize the commercial dynamics between the two countries.

Piñera noted that Brazil is Chile's largest trading partner in Latin America and it is the main destination of Chile's investments abroad.

He also announced that agreed with Bolsonaro to simultaneously send the free trade agreement to the congresses signed by both nations last November.

The statements and actions of the Brazilian president have already been largely rejected by the international community, especially by groups and sectors related to the defense of the environment.

Last December, non-profit organizations, specialists and activists participated in the COP24 environmental summit in Poland, They awarded Brazil the "Fossil of the Day" award as a way to repudiate the functions of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro and his future Chancellor.

More than a thousand NGO members participating in the Polish event They chose a "fossil" as an ironic means of criticizing their positions. This Wednesday, elected officials were chosen between Brazil and Saudi Arabia.

"Never before in the history of COP conferences a president received this award before becoming head of state "said Marcio Astrino, coordinator of Greenpeace Brazil.

"Brazil, where was born the United Nations Climate Agency, reliable mediator in the negotiations of the Paris Agreement, is about to become one of the climate aggressors in the world ", wrote the Eco Electronic Journal edited by the NGO Network CAN (Climate Action Network).