Ecuador banned Amazon oil. Brazil's Lula wants to drill
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Aug 25, 2023
The timing spoke volumes: just as Ecuador announced its historic decision to halt oil drilling in a sensitive Amazon rainforest reserve, Brazil trumpeted its massive fossil-fuel investment plans - which include oil exploration near the mouth of the Amazon river. Oil is an increasingly uncomfortable subject for Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who casts himself as a climate cru