Jair Messias Bolsonaro is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer, serving as the 38th President of Brazil since 1 January 2019. He served in the country's Chamber of Deputies, representing the state of Rio de Janeiro, between 1991 and 2018. He currently is a member of the conservative Social Liberal Party.Bolsonaro was born in the small town of Glicério, in the northwest area of the state of São Paulo. Read More
Brazil on Thursday banned setting fires to clear land for 60 days in response to a massive increase in the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest. ...
The US government has said that it did not approve the offer of $20 million in aid to Brazil made by the G7 member nations to fight the devastating wildfires in the Amazon rainforest. ...
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday said that the fires raging across the Amazon rainforest are "distressing" but that his government must consider its own country's challenges before offering help to fight them. ...
Brazil has reiterated its sovereignty over the Amazon, in response to a comment made by French President Emmanuel Macron who implied that the international community take action to help the world's largest tropical rainforest from being devastated by ...
World leaders gathered at the G7 summit are nearing an agreement on how to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest and try to repair the devastation, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday. ...
Under increasing international pressure to contain the record numbers of fires in the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday (local time) said he might send the military to battle the blazes. ...
French President Emmanuel Macron has said that his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro "lied" about his commitments to climate change, the media reported on Friday, quoting a statement released by the leader's office here. ...
Terming fires in the Amazon an "international crises", French President Emmanuel Macron has said the arsons will be top of the agenda at the G7 Summit. ...