Jair Bolsonaro's visit to NYC was facing heated opposition from LGBT activists, environmentalists, and even the city's mayor.
for the Amazon rainforest — was set to receive a person of the year award from the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce on May 14.
But the chamber announced on that same site on Friday that they had been informed Bolsonaro would no longer be attending the gala.the trip had been scrapped due to"the resistance and deliberate attacks by the mayor of New York and the pressure of interest groups" on event organizers."dangerous" and said his"overt racism, homophobia and destructive decisions will have a devastating impact on the future of our planet.
GLAAD, a prominent LGBT media watchdog group, had been advocating against Bolsonaro's visit, and celebrated his decision to stay away.
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