Waiting for Bolsonaro's speech on fires in the Amazon

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will present a statement on national radio and television on Friday at 8:30 pm (at the same time in Argentina) to announce measures against the international scandal caused by fires in the Amazon jungle, officially announced the government.

A statement from the communications secretariat of Plbadto Palace said President Bolsonaro "will announce measures already taken by the federal government to fight fires and control deforestation in the Amazon".

The decision of the national channel was taken during a cabinet meeting held this afternoon at the seat of the government, after several international repudiations of its environmental policy.

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Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree on Friday authorizing the use of armed forces in the fight against forest fires triggered in the Amazon, which worries much of the international community.

The decree, issued by the presidency, indicates that the armed forces will participate in "subsidiary actions in border areas, on indigenous lands, in federal conservation reserves and in other regions of the country. the "legal Amazon", as a set of protected areas.

According to the text, the army will also participate in "preventive and repressive actions against the attacks on the environment" and "firefighting".