Paulo Guedes, Minister of Economy of Brazil, affirms in an event of the Aspen Security Forum that the Americans killed Indians and deforested forests and now want to spare Brazilians from destroying the Amazon rainforest

The Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, today, at the Aspen Security Forum event, organized by the Aspen Institute, a study center in Washington, USA, said:

"We understand your concern (North Americans), because you have cleared your forests. You want to save us from clearing the forest, as you cleared yours. We know that you had civil wars, you also had slavery and we just ask you to be kind. how kind we are. You killed your Indians, you didn't mix. "

The phrase was received with great concern by foreign investors, as it points to a position of the Brazilian government that is not concerned with protecting the forest. On the contrary, it seems to understand that cutting down the forest is part of the country's development process.