translated from Spanish: Bolsonaro said at the UN that the Amazon “is not a world heritage site”

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday, in his speech at the 74th United Nations General Assembly, that the Amazon is not a “world heritage”, but of the countries it encompasses, defending the South American giant’s right to exploit both the rainforest and other nature reserves, including indigenous lands.
“It is a mistake to say that the Amazon is a world heritage site and it is a mistake, as scientists attest, to say that our forests are the lung of the world,” he said, attributing these claims to a “colonialist spirit” and reaffirming Brazil’s sovereignty over the Amazon rainforest.
Bolsonaro has denounced that “some countries, instead of helping, have followed the lies of the press (…) questioning the most sacred thing: sovereignty.” “One of them, at the last G-7 summit, dared to suggest imposing sanctions against Brazil without even listening to us,” France recalled.
In this regard, he thanked “those who did not agree to carry out this absurd proposal.” I especially thank President Donald Trump, who summed up well the spirit that must prevail among UN member states: on the freedom and sovereignty of each one,” he said.
In the face of these “attacks” and “lies,” Bolsonaro has assured that his government “is solemnly committed to the preservation of the environment and sustainable development.” Proof of this, he pointed out, is that the Brazilian Amazon, with an extension similar to that of Western Europe, remains “virtually untouched”.
Thus, it has attributed the recent fires, which have consumed millions of hectares of the Amazon, to “a dry climate and winds favored by both spontaneous and provoked fires”, while recalling that “indigenous and local populations also use the fire as part of their culture.”
However, Bolsonaro has defended Brazil’s right to exploit its land, noting that currently only 8% is used for food production, while countries such as Germany or France devote more than 50% of its area to agriculture.
In particular, it referred to indigenous reserves. The far-right leader has stated that 14 percent of Brazilian soil is considered indigenous territory and has considered that keeping it vacant only contributes to increasing poverty and marginalization of its inhabitants.
“Unfortunately, some people, both inside and outside Brazil, with the support of NGOs, insist on treating and maintaining our indigenous peoples as cavemen. But Brazil now has a president who cares about who was before the Portuguese arrived,” he said.
In this vein, he has rejected “attempts to instrumentalize environmental issues or indigenous policies in favor of foreign political and economic interests, especially those disguised as good intentions.” Any initiative that seeks to help the preservation of the Amazon “must be treated with full respect for Brazilian sovereignty,” he has claimed.
“On the edge of socialism”

On the other hand, he has warned that the Forum of Sao Paulo is “a criminal organization created in 1990 by Fidel Castro, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Hugo Chávez to propagate and implement socialism in Latin America”. “It’s still in force and it has to be defeated,” he said.
Brazil, he said, “was on the brink of socialism, which placed it in a state of widespread corruption, economic recession, high crime, and relentless attacks on family and religious values.”
Bolsonaro has set an example of the agreement with Cuba by which the island sent doctors to the neighboring country in exchange for money. “Authentic slave labour, with the support of Human Rights Agencies of Brazil and the UN,” because the ‘castrista’ regime was left with 75 percent of the monthly salary, he said. “This is how Brazil has stopped supporting the Cuban dictatorship, stopping sending $300 million to Havana every year,” he said.
In his view, this intergovernmental program was part of Cuba’s strategy of “establishing dictatorships” throughout the region. “Cuban regime agents were also sent to Hugho Chavez’s Venezuela and today some 60,000 control and interfere in every area of local society, especially in defense and intelligence,” he said.
The result, he regretted, is that “Venezuela, once a thriving democracy, now suffers the cruelty of socialism.” “Socialism is working in Venezuela and everyone is poor and has no freedom,” he said. Bolsonaro has confirmed that Brazil will continue to work with other countries, including the United States, to “restore democracy” in the Caribbean nation and “ensure that no South American country experiences this nefarious regime.”
Bolsonaro’s words have had a quick response from Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who has called the Brazilian president’s description of “international medical cooperation” “slander”. “Delira and long for the times of military dictatorship. It should deal with corruption in its justice, government and family system. He is the leader in the increase in inequality in Brazil,” he has reacted on Twitter.
A new Brazil

Likewise, the tenant of the Palacio de Planalto has extolled “the new Brazil, one that rises from the abyss of socialism”, of “an ideology that has sought not the truth, but absolute power”, based on “the values of its people”.
Bolsonaro has lamented that in recent years “ideology has dominated culture, education and communication” to the point that it “has invaded our homes and tried to dismantle the mother cell of any healthy society: the family” and “has tried to destroy the innocence of our children by corrupting the most elementary identity: biological identity.” In addition, “he has invaded the human soul to turn her away from God,” he has apostilled.
Brazil has managed to “recover and re-emerge”, “restoring self-confidence, in political and economic terms” and “reaffirming its commitment to the highest standards of human rights, to the promotion of democracy and freedom”. In particular, he has extolled the role of his Minister of Justice, Sergio Moro, as judge in the ‘Lava Jato’ case. The corrupt have been punished because of “their patriotism, perseverance and courage,” he applauded.
In the face of “political correctness,” he has called on the UN to combat “this ideological environment that undermines the basic principles of human dignity.” “We are not here to erode our nationalities and ignore sovereignty in the name of an abstract ‘global interest’. This is not the Organization of Global Interest, it is the United Nations Organization and so it must go on,” he said.



Original source in Spanish

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