Brazilian President Bolsonaro May Send Army To Combat Amazon Rainforest Fires
Tens of thousands of fires have erupted in the Amazon already this year — a huge spike over 2018 — and many critics blame Bolsonaro's policies. He is meeting with ministers about the crisis Friday.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has responded to growing international condemnation over the fires sweeping through vast swaths of the Amazon rainforest by announcing that the army may be sent in to tackle them.
His comments mark a distinct shift away from his initial reaction to the crisis in which he downplayed the gravity of the situation but also caused widespread astonishment by suggesting that nongovernmental organizations may have set fires in the forest to discredit him.
Faced with a spiraling
