Brazil Is Persecuting Its Own Environmental Protection Workers, Whistleblowers Say

 

 

 

"This ongoing persecution is fed by President Bolsonaro’s claim that Brazil’s environmental protection agencies stand in the way of the country’s economic development. Last year on social media, Bolsonaro said that employees in environmental institutions who “stood in the way of progress” should be sent to “the edge of the beach,” alluding to where executions took place during Brazil’s military dictatorship in the years 1964 to 1985"

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Brazil Is Persecuting Its Own Environmental Protection Workers, Whistleblowers Say