Jair Bolsonaro claims `profound love` for Amazon rainforest as criticism intensifies
(The Guardian World News)

President uses TV speech to criticise `disinformation´ about fire crisis, saying it cannot be used as pretext for sanctions Brazil´s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has professed to feeling `profound love and respect` for the Amazon as fires continued to rage in the world´s biggest tropical rainforest and criticism of his environmental policies intensified.In a televised address to the nation - met with pot-banging protests in several Brazilian cities - Bolsonaro said he was `not content` with the situation in the Amazon and was taking `firm action` to resolve it by deploying troops to the region. Continue reading...