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Brazil Tells Ambassadors No Time Off Due to Amazon Fires

Reuters

   BRASILIA - Brazil's Foreign Ministry on Monday ordered its ambassadors
   in Europe and other G-7 countries not to take vacation for the next two
   weeks in order to coordinate a diplomatic response to global concerns
   over the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest, two sources with
   knowledge of the matter said.

   The move comes after Brazil sent a circular to diplomats last week with
   talking-points about the country's environmental record in a bid to
   help respond to public criticism.

   The decision to suspend vacations for ambassadors in certain countries
   was taken by Minister of Foreign Affairs ErnestoAraújo after an
   emergency meeting with President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday evening, the
   two sources said.

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