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Macron Wants Amazon Fires to Be No. 1 Topic at G-7 Summit

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   Brazil's ultra-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, is accusing his French
   counterpart of having a "colonialist mentality" for saying the Amazon
   wildfires should be at the top of the Group of Seven (G-7) summit
   agenda.

   "The French president's suggestion that Amazon issues be discussed at
   the G-7 without participation by the countries in the region evoke a
   colonialist mentality that is out of place in the 21st century,"
   Bolsonaro tweeted Thursday.

   He said countries that send money to Brazil for the Amazon are not
   doing it out of charity but "with the aim of interfering with our
   sovereignty."

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