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Brazil sticks up two fingers to French aid
By EUobserver
Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has rejected French-led aid proposals to put out Amazon fires and insulted the French president's wife on social media. France and Ireland had "overreacted" in saying the EU should block a free-trade deal with Mercosur, a South American bloc, Brazil also said. Germany has spoken out against Mercosur vetoes, but Finland has proposed banning Brazilian beef, amid tanking popularity at home for Bolsonaro himself.