The press echoed with concern the letter sent by eight European countries to Brazilian Vice President, Hamilton Mourão, warning about the increasing difficulty of buying products from our country due to the growing deforestation in Brazil.
Recently, members of the European parliament also sent a letter to the presidente of the Chambers of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia. The concern is not unreasonable. I have been warning about the environmental destruction project undertaken by President Jair Bolsonaro and his Environmental Minister, Ricardo Salles, in the tribunes to which I have access.
This is not about reaffirming my country's negative image. Quite the opposite. We are a peaceful nation, with a four-decade history of building environmental policies, with internationally awarded initiatives (including by the UN) and that has led historic moments in democratic governments, such as Eco-92 under President Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Rio + 20 under President Dilma Rousseff.
