Brazil to send army to fight Amazon fires

By Victor Caivano
Updated August 24 2019 - 7:53pm, first published 7:49pm
Forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon have surged 83 per cent in number this year.
Forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon have surged 83 per cent in number this year.

Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro has authorised the use of the military to battle the huge blazes sweeping parts of the Amazon while thousands took to the streets to protest his environmental policies.

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