Brazils Amazon minister resigns
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Brazil’s Environment Minister, Marina Silva, a staunch defender of the Amazon rainforest, has resigned from her post.
In a resignation letter to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva she said the move was “personal and irrevocable”.
She also referred to difficulties she had faced “for some time” in implementing the government’s environmental agenda.
Environmental campaigners say her resignation is a major setback for the rainforest in Brazil.
“Brazil is losing the only voice in the government that spoke out for the environment,” said Sergio Leitao, director of public policy for Greenpeace in Brazil.
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