RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil´s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday that Amazon activist Marina Silva will be the country´s next minister of environment. The announcement indicates the new administration will prioritize cracking down on illegal deforestation even if it means running afoul of powerful agribusiness interests.
They say people are policy when it comes to appointments. This seems like a solid move away from Bolsanaro’s explicit endorsement of destroying the Amazon rainforest.