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The Amazon is on fire, the result of moves attributed to Bolsonaro's allies among agribusiness interests trying to open up the forest for their economic gain. Brazil's army, empowered by Bolsonaro, has a large-scale plan to occupy and settle the Amazon.

India joins Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Jordan, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates, among others, in implementing a ban on e-cigarettes and related products, according to @IGTC_Hopkins .

In Jair Bolsonaro, the president of Brazil, environmentalists have come to see something of an ideal villain, tailor-made for a legal test case of the crime of ecocide — the willful and widespread destruction of the environment

As of June 17, Americans will no longer need a visa to travel to Brazil:

Rejecting the exchange of insults that Brazil's Pres Bolsonaro would prefer, UN rights chief @mbachelet  says she feels "sorry" for the people of Brazil, who have to live with his green light to violence, deforestation, and attacks on independent voices.

It's a good idea in theory -- instead of trying to control mosquitoes with chemicals, hack their DNA so they can't reproduce. But as @KDnewsguy  reports, a test of this idea in Brazil isn't going so well. LISTEN HERE:

Police killings in one of Brazil’s most violent states are at a 20-year high

U.N. Rights chief Bachelet says feels 'sorry' for Brazil under Bolsonaro

Pregnant bride in Brazil dies after suffering stroke moments before wedding, baby saved

This gives you a sense of what firefighters in Brazil have to do just to GET to a fire, much less fight it. Highways, dirt roads, rickety bridges, barges.. #fire  #brazil  #amazonrainforest  #amazon  #amazonfirefire …