US, Brazil press private sector in Amazon
The United States and Brazil, the two major critics of the Paris climate accord, said Friday they would promote private-sector development in the Amazon, where fires have alarmed environmentalists. Meeting in Washington, the top diplomats of the Western Hemisphere's two most populous countries vowed to build on cooperation between their right-wing presidents, Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo again hit back at European-led criticism over the handling of major fires in the Amazon... Читать дальше...