Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is considering sending the army to tackle the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest. The far-right leader told reporters he was inclined to deploy the troops using a presidential decree.
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro plans to deploy the army to tackle the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest.
The troops will be deployed starting Saturday for the next month, according to a presidential decree obtained by CNN. Brazil's environmental agency, IBAMA, is also hiring hundreds of temporary firefighters to help fight the fires, the agency announced on Friday.The announcement came as political, civil society leaders and celebrities around the world stepped up their pressure on the Brazilian government over the blazing rainforest.
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