Bolsonaro sent soldiers to the Amazon to curb deforestation. Here’s how the effort failed.

Bolsonaro sent soldiers to the Amazon to curb deforestation. Here’s how the effort failed.

03/01/2021 por Tatu D'Oquei

RIO DE JANEIRO — After months of planning, everything was ready. The investigators had their targets, their schedule and their plan: Fly to 49 of the illicit gold mines that were poisoning the Amazon rainforest, destroy the equipment and shut the operations down.

Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/brazil-bolsonaro-military-amazon-deforestation/2021/01/03/cde4d342-3fc9-11eb-9453-fc36ba051781_story.html