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30th November 2019
03:42pm GMT

Bolsonaro made the comments in a facebook live stream earlier this week, while The Guardian have reported that he made similar comments to a group of supporters in Brazil, saying: "This Leonardo DiCaprio’s a cool guy, isn’t he? Giving money for the Amazon to be torched."
He had no evidence to back up either of these points, and they are made even more confusing when you remember that Leonardo DiCaprio donated $5 million to help save the Amazon, when the fires were at their worst.
Bolsonaro had recently suggested that the fires could have potentially been started by nonprofit organizations who are suffering from lack of funding, in an attempt to "generate negative attention against me and against the Brazilian government."Explore more on these topics: