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In the Amazon, violent fires continue. In Brazil alone, the National Institute for Space Research has recorded 1,660 new fire starts in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, the Brazilian government seems to be looking for a strategy to finally accept international financial aid to fight fires. But at the risk of blurring his message, Jair Boslonaro again asked Emmanuel Macron's apology.
The flip-flops are linked to Brasilia. Tuesday evening, at a press conference at the presidential palace, Otavio Rego Barros, spokesman for Jair Bolsonaro, showed signs of openness after the passing of arms with Emmanuel Macron and the rejection of G7 aid . " Financial support from international organizations and foreign countries is welcome, provided the use of this money is exclusively managed by the Brazilian government ," he said.
In this specific context, " Brasilia has accepted a proposal from Britain ": 10 million pounds to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest.
The presidential spokesman has suggested that the government of Jair Bolsonaro could finally accept the $ 20 million proposed by the G7 countries. On the other hand, it is not clear whether British aid is part of this envelope, nor how it will be used.
So it was a flip-flop that did not say its name and that was probably explained by the sharp criticism of Jair Bolsonaro from the nine states of the Brazilian Amazon. In a meeting with the president, their governors told him that they could not afford the luxury of refusing international aid. For their part, the mayors launched an initiative with the ambassadors of the G7 countries to benefit locally from the proposed financial assistance.
Bolsonaro again demands Macron " retreats "
However, Jair Bolsonaro did not surrender. During his daily press conference on the situation in the Amazon, the head of state again demanded that Emmanuel Macron " retract ".
The French president "called me a liar and twice said that the [Brazilian] sovereignty of the Amazon should be relativized, " said the Brazilian president reminded journalists. " We will be able to talk to each other again, " he continued, at the risk of prolonging the quarrel with France, when he retracted after what he said against me . "