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===Amazon Rainforest===

===Amazon Rainforest===

In 2019 there were fires on the Amazon, the mainstream media said it was because of Bolsonaro's presidency, but in reality the fires started in [[Evo Morales]]'s [[Bolivia]].<ref name=AmazonBolivia>{{cite web|url=https://www.libremercado.com/2019-09-21/el-desastre-ecologico-que-calla-la-izquierda-asi-arde-la-amazonia-en-la-bolivia-de-evo-morales-1276644920/|title=El desastre ecológico que calla la izquierda: así arde la Amazonía en la Bolivia de Evo Morales|publisher=Libre Mercado|language=es|date=September 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/internacional/latinoamerica/2019-08-29/los-incendios-del-amazonas-en-brasil-entre-el-alarmismo-la-hipocresia-y-la-agitacion-politica-1276643857/|title=Los incendios del Amazonas en Brasil: entre el alarmismo, la hipocresía y la agitación política|language=es|publisher=Libertad Digital|date=Augusto 29, 2019}}</ref> the worst records of fires in the country's Amazon forests took place under Lula da Silva's government, but at the time there was no reproach against the government of the socialist leader. On the other hand, it has come to light that the bulk of the money dedicated, in theory, to conserve and protect the Amazon has ended up, in reality, in the salaries and per diems of the NGOs involved.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libremercado.com/2019-09-11/bolsonaro-avisa-hasta-el-70-del-gasto-de-las-ongs-del-amazonas-va-a-pagar-sueldos-1276644346/|title=Bolsonaro avisa: hasta el 70% del gasto de las ONG del Amazonas va a pagar sueldos|date=September 11, 2019|publisher=Libre Mercado|language=es}}</ref> While journalists and leftist politicians talked about Bolsonaro and the fires in the Brazilian Amazon, the attention devoted to what is happening in the jungle and forests of Bolivia was practically marginal worldwide. All this despite the fact that the bulk of the fires that have reached Brazil came precisely from Bolivian soil, as accredited by the data offered by NASA. In the Bolivian case, the political implications of the fires are more than evident, since the government of the socialist Evo Morales approved last July 9 a decree allowing the burning of forests in the departments of Beni and Santa Cruz, the focus of the fires that ended up spreading to Brazil. The Bolivian government spoke of "controlled burnings" which, in practice, ended up being carried out without effective control by public institutions.<ref name=AmazonBolivia/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/opinion/2019/09/15/bolivia-dos-y-medio-millones-de-hectareas-devastadas-y-el-ecocidio-continua/#2INOYQDE6RBXNOTR72A2X7HJZY|title=Bolivia, dos y medio millones de hectáreas devastadas y el ecocidio continúa|date=September 15, 2019|language=es|publisher=Infobae}}</ref>

In 2019 there were fires on the Amazon, the mainstream media said it was because of Bolsonaro's presidency, but in reality the fires started in [[Evo Morales]]'s [[Bolivia]].<ref name=AmazonBolivia>{{cite web|url=https://www.libremercado.com/2019-09-21/el-desastre-ecologico-que-calla-la-izquierda-asi-arde-la-amazonia-en-la-bolivia-de-evo-morales-1276644920/|title=El desastre ecológico que calla la izquierda: así arde la Amazonía en la Bolivia de Evo Morales|publisher=Libre Mercado|language=es|date=September 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/internacional/latinoamerica/2019-08-29/los-incendios-del-amazonas-en-brasil-entre-el-alarmismo-la-hipocresia-y-la-agitacion-politica-1276643857/|title=Los incendios del Amazonas en Brasil: entre el alarmismo, la hipocresía y la agitación política|language=es|publisher=Libertad Digital|date=Augusto 29, 2019}}</ref> the worst records of fires in the country's Amazon forests took place under Lula da Silva's government, but at the time there was no reproach against the government of the socialist leader. On the other hand, it has come to light that the bulk of the money dedicated, in theory, to conserve and protect the Amazon has ended up, in reality, in the salaries and per diems of the NGOs involved.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libremercado.com/2019-09-11/bolsonaro-avisa-hasta-el-70-del-gasto-de-las-ongs-del-amazonas-va-a-pagar-sueldos-1276644346/|title=Bolsonaro avisa: hasta el 70% del gasto de las ONG del Amazonas va a pagar sueldos|date=September 11, 2019|publisher=Libre Mercado|language=es}}</ref> While journalists and leftist politicians talked about Bolsonaro and the fires in the Brazilian Amazon, the attention devoted to what is happening in the jungle and forests of Bolivia was practically marginal worldwide. All this despite the fact that the bulk of the fires that have reached Brazil came precisely from Bolivian soil, as accredited by the data offered by NASA. In the Bolivian case, the political implications of the fires are more than evident, since the government of the socialist Evo Morales approved last July 9 a decree allowing the burning of forests in the departments of Beni and Santa Cruz, the focus of the fires that ended up spreading to Brazil. The Bolivian government spoke of "controlled burnings" which, in practice, ended up being carried out without effective control by public institutions.<ref name=AmazonBolivia/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/opinion/2019/09/15/bolivia-dos-y-medio-millones-de-hectareas-devastadas-y-el-ecocidio-continua/#2INOYQDE6RBXNOTR72A2X7HJZY|title=Bolivia, dos y medio millones de hectáreas devastadas y el ecocidio continúa|date=September 15, 2019|language=es|publisher=Infobae}}</ref>