Brazil's president accused Leonardo DiCaprio of funding Amazon forest fires
Bolsonaro accused DiCaprio twice of funding the wildfires, on Facebook Live and at a rallySo what did the N.G.O. do? What is the easiest thing? Set fire to the forest. Take pictures, make a video,” the president said, adding that the fund “makes a campaign against Brazil, it contacts Leonardo DiCaprio, he donates $500,000.”
“A part of that went to the people that were setting fires,” Mr. Bolsonaro said. “Leonardo DiCaprio, you are contributing to the fire in the Amazon; that won’t do.”There’s no evidence that the Oscar winner has funded the burning of the Amazon. DiCaprio toldWhile worthy of support, we did not fund the organizations targeted,” DiCaprio said in the statement
. “The future of these irreplaceable ecosystems is at stake and I am proud to stand with the groups protecting them.”son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, repeated the claim on Twitter. “Leonardo DiCaprio donated USD 300,000 to the NGO that set fire to the Amazon, the NGO @WWFEmmanuel Macron ’s respective Instagram posts and tweet about the burning rain forest. “Macron and Madonna were smarter, just took some pictures taken decades ago of some burning forest on the internet and actually posted them.”
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