Brazil prez claims DiCaprio paid for Amazon fire
November 30, 2019  21:19
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Brazils president has falsely accused the actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio of bankrolling the deliberate incineration of the Amazon rainforest.

Jair Bolsonaro -- a populist nationalist who has vowed to drive environmental NGOs from Brazil -- made the claim, reportedly telling supporters: This Leonardo DiCaprios a cool guy, isnt he? Giving money for the Amazon to be torched.

The spurious accusation -- for which Brazils president offered no proof -- came 24 hours after Bolsonaro made a similarly unsubstantiated claim in a Facebook live broadcast.

Leonardo DiCaprio, dammit, youre collaborating with the burning of the Amazon, Bolsonaro declared, accusing the actor of being part of an international campaign against Brazil.

On Thursday Bolsonaros politician son Eduardo claimed on Twitter that DiCaprio had donated $300,000 (230,000) to the NGO that set fire to the Amazon and accused the conservation group WWF of paying the NGO about 13,000 for photographs of the burning forest.
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