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The summit of the Brazilian state, whose relations with France have been notoriously bad for several months, opposed on the night of Monday to Tuesday 27 August an end of non-receipt for the emergency aid proposed by the countries of the G7 facing fires in the Amazon. President Bolsonaro said the latter, who made further progress earlier this week, were " under control ".
The Amazon is facing a serious incendiary crisis , but that does not prevent the rag from burning between Brasilia and several countries of the world. The Brazilian executive is very up against what he sees as foreign attempts at interference. And France, which shelters a part of the forest on its territory, in Guyana, and which was expressed on the question, is in the visor of the Brazilian government.
" We can not accept that a president, Macron, is launching gratuitous and gratuitous attacks on the Amazon, or disguising his intentions behind the idea of an" alliance "of G7 countries to" save "the Amazon, as if it was a colony. Respect for sovereignty (...) is the minimum that can be expected in a civilized world , "tweeted Mr. Bolsonaro on Tuesday morning.
The seven industrial powers of the G7, meeting at the summit in Biarritz, promised to release an emergency $ 20 million to send additional air bombers in the Amazon. Emmanuel Macron also spoke about a plan of aid of " at least 30 million " dollars for reforestation, project to be finalized by the General Assembly of the UN at the end of September.
- Não podemos aceitar that um presidente, Macron, dispare ataques descabidos e gratuitos to Amazônia, nem that disfarce suas intentiona atrás da ideia de uma "aliança" dos países do G-7 para "salvar" to Amazônia, como s'fôssemos uma colônia or uma terra de ninguém.
Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) August 26, 2019Brazil invites France to take care of its " colonies " instead
It is therefore an end of refusal in Brasilia. Onyx Lorenzoni, chief of staff of Jair Bolsonaro - a role equivalent to that of a head of government - provided after-sales service for this refusal of assistance, by launching on site G1: " We thank (the G7 for its offer of help, ed), but these means may be more relevant for the reforestation of Europe. "
And to add, in a rather heavy allusion to the fire that affected Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris in April: " Macron can not even avoid a predictable fire in a church that is part of the world heritage of humanity, and he wants to give us lessons for our country? "Before pushing the point by inviting the French president to deal rather with his" colonies ".
What conclude a sequence very little diplomacy. The French head of state did not appreciate the comments of his counterpart on his wife. He described them as " extraordinarily disrespectful, " adding that " Brazilians, who are a great people, are a little ashamed to see these behaviors ." Jair Bolsonaro had indulged in personal mockery while chatting on Twitter.
Macron wants Brazil to find a president " at the height "
The deterioration of diplomatic relations has been gradual. Upstream, there has also been insults from the Brazilian Minister of Education against the French president. Or the cancellation at the last moment of an appointment with the French Minister of Foreign Affairs during an official visit, Mr. Bolsonaro having suddenly preferred to go to the hairdresser rather than see Jean-Yves Le Drian .
On Sunday, Emmanuel Macron said he hoped the Brazilians will have " very quickly " " a president who behaves at the height ". Just before the G7, he also accused Jair Bolsonaro of having " lied " about his commitments to ecology, announcing that France was now opposed to the controversial free trade agreement between the EU and the US. Mercosur.
The forest is also burning in sub-Saharan Africa. We are considering the possibility of launching an initiative similar to the one we have just announced for the Amazon. # G7Biarritz https://t.co/sS8Z5wfUCX
Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) August 26, 2019Isolation of brazil on the international scene
The number one Brazilian denounces the criticism of France against him. But as the spokesman on our antenna the director of the Political Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean, Gaspard Estrada, Paris is not the only capital to seek its marks with the extreme right Brazilian leader. According to him, Brazil is increasingly isolated on the international scene.
As evidence, Mr. Bolsonaro's relationship with Mr. Trump: " The Brazilian government is unanimous against him. If you look at the Unes of the dailies of the whole world, clearly, Brazil is isolated. Its action is blacklisted by the international community. And from this point of view, Bolsonaro did not receive the support of Donald Trump, at least not at the level he was expecting. "
However, " Jair Bolsonaro's strategy has always been to be subject to the orders of the United States, " analyzes Gaspard Estrada. Except that " submission does not mean cooperation ". " Certainly, Mr. Trump may be understandable with respect to Mr. Bolsonaro's attitudes, but it has been seen in this G7 that the interests of the United States are a priority for Mr. Trump. "
For Brasilia, the situation in the Amazon " was a little exaggerated "
On Monday, the Brazilian Defense Minister said the fires in Amazonia were " under control ", after Brasilia sent more than 2,500 soldiers, and the announcement of rains in several areas concerned. The situation " was a bit exaggerated, " added Fernando Azevedo e Silva, who said that Brazil has had some years of " much more serious fire spikes ".
On Sunday, 1,113 new fire starts were recorded by the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE). In total, nearly 80,000 forest fires have been recorded in the country since the beginning of the year, only in the Amazon. This forest, 60% of which is in Brazil, also extends to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and France.