13 Feb 19
Minister requests Controller General to investigate Fundo Amazônia
The Minister of the Environment files a formal request at the Controller General (legal body that oversees governmental contracts) to have access to all contracts between NGOs and Fundo Amazônia; in January, minister Salles had already suspended contracts and new money transfers related to the Fund for a 90-day period. The move further reinforced the government’s biased approach towards the Fund and NGOs, which they label as “extremists” and claim that they are part of an “environmental infractions industry”.
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25 Jan 19
Brumadinho: dam collapses and cities are covered by toxic mud
15 Feb 19
Minister of the Environment says that he doesn’t know who Chico Mendes is