Reports of an oil spill contaminating many of Brazil’s beaches has been described as criminal by a spokesperson for the sustainability party who said, “We have to strengthen not suffocate the environmental monitoring institutions”.
The oil spill has occurred shortly after unexplained wild fires which reportedly have been worse since Jair Bolsonaro became president in January of this year.
Mr Bolsonaro, a Brazilian of Portugese descent is a member of the Social Liberal Party which is an advocate of economic liberalism. Brazil, which has a colonial past is a newly industrialized country. It has the second largest known oil reserves in South America.
Skip to content
Onlinenews&views…