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Brazil President Blames NGOs for Record Amazon Wildfires

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   Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has accused nongovernmental
   organizations of setting forest fires a day after the government
   monitoring agency said the country has seen a record number of fires
   this year.

   Brazil's National Institute for Space Research, which monitors
   deforestation and wildfires, said more than 74,000 fires have been
   detected so far this year burning in the Amazon rainforest, an 84%
   increase from the same period last year.

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