Brazil: ‘Gringos’ must pay to save Amazon

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Environment  Fri, 11/27/2009 - 08:52

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, speaks, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, center, look on during the Amazon Summit in Manaus, Brazil, on Thursday.Brazil's president says "gringos" should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting Western nations have caused more past environmental destruction than loggers.




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