Since his appointment at the head of Brazil’s national Amazon council earlier this year, Vice President Hamilton Mourão has frequently sought to convince the international community of the Brazilian government’s green credentials. This fits in to the war of narratives raging over the situation in the Amazon: the government led by President Jair Bolsonaro argues that it works effectively to stem environmental destruction, even while information from environmentalists, indigenous peoples, and the government’s own scientific and environmental agencies all point to the contrary. Mourão’s latest attempt to push the Bolsonaro government’s version involved taking 10 foreign diplomats on a trip to the Brazilian Amazon last week. End of preview - This article contains approximately 698 words.
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