The actor and environmentalist released a statement on Saturday after President Jair Bolsonaro falsely accused him of funding the fires recently set in the Amazon rainforest.
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Brazil’s Leader Falsely Blames Leonardo DiCaprio for Amazon Fires
President Jair Bolsonaro falsely claimed that the actor had financed the fires, his latest broadside to shift blame.
Measles Cases Continue to Rise Around the World
Nearly a quarter of a million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are thought to have been infected by measles in 2019 alone, the World Health Organization said.
Rabbi Henry Sobel, 75, Dies; Defied Brazil’s Military Rulers
The leader of the largest liberal Jewish congregation in Latin America, he took a stand when a journalist was killed by his torturers in 1975.
Amazon Deforestation in Brazil Rose Sharply on Bolsonaro’s Watch
President Jair Bolsonaro has scaled back efforts to fight illegal logging, mining and farming, which have led to widespread destruction in the world’s largest rainforest.
Ex-President ‘Lula’ Is Freed From Prison in Brazil After Supreme Court Ruling
Brazil’s top court ruled that defendants may remain free while they exhaust appeals in criminal cases, a decision with far-reaching implications in corruption cases.
Brazil Had High Hopes for Its Big Oil Auction. They Went Bust.
It was billed as the largest oil auction in history, one expected to produce a windfall. But analysts say a high signing bonus scared away bidders.
‘Guardian’ of the Amazon Killed in Brazil by Illegal Loggers
His death comes as illegal miners, loggers and land grabbers are making more, and bolder, incursions into Indigenous land under the far-right Bolsonaro administration.
Flood of Oil Is Coming, Complicating Efforts to Fight Global Warming
New supplies from Brazil, Canada, Guyana and Norway may add to a glut, posing a threat to producers in Saudi Arabia, Russia and the United States.
In the Amazon, Fires Steal Breath, but Smoke Smells of Money
The thousands of fires set to clear land for cattle in Brazil’s rainforest are widely seen as an environmental disaster. Local ranch hands have more conflicted feelings.