Brazil’s Bolsonaro calls surging Amazon fires a ’lie’

Bolsonaro called the surging fires in the Amazon rainforest a ’lie’ — despite photos and videos from the region showing the forest burning. Last year also he had denied a spike in fires provoking a global outcry. ’This story that the Amazon is going up in flames is a lie and we must combat it with true numbers,’ he said. ’They won’t find any spot of fire, nor a quarter of a hectare deforested.’