Fed Up with Brazil, Norway Cuts Aid They Are Giving to Protect the Amazon
(WorldNews Norway)

Michel Temer, the embattled president of Brazil, did not find any respite from his problems on a visit to Norway on Wednesday. As he toured the Scandinavian nation to drum up investment for his struggling economy, Temer was reminded that Norway’s major foreign aid support is conditional on protection of the Amazon rainforest. In a leaked letter preceding Temer’s Oslo visit, Norway’s environment minister Vidar Helgesen criticized a recent rise in deforestation and moves by Congress to cut environmental...