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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Brazil's new foreign minister believes climate change is a Marxist plot |
| 2018-11-16 |
| [Guardian] Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has chosen a new foreign minister who believes climate change is part of a plot by "cultural Marxists" to stifle western economies and promote the growth of China. Ernesto Araújo ‐ until recently a mid-ranking official who blogs about the "criminalisation" of red meat, oil and heterosexual sex ‐ will become the top diplomat of South America’s biggest nation, representing 200 million people and the greatest and most biodiverse forest on Earth, the Amazon. His appointment, confirmed by Bolsonaro on Wednesday, is likely to send a chill through the global climate movement. Brazil was where the international community first came together in 1992 to discuss reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Its diplomats have played a crucial role in bridging the gap between rich and poor nations, particularly during the forging of the Paris agreement in 2015. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 I thought of it more as a Racket, like a Ponzi Scam. The transnational elites, many of them based out EUrope, got their beaks wet in the Oil For Palacesâ„¢ scam. The International Green Fund promised to be a revenue stream thousands of time larger --- Loot For Everyone! |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-11-16 18:13 |
| #3 ..sort of First World Imperialism - 21st Century style. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-11-16 07:17 |
| #2 Maybe he realized that there was not going to be some Magic Eco-Action Money Treeâ„¢ raining money on the developing nations? Rather a series of silly initiatives that would just keep them poor? |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-11-16 04:05 |
| #1 Not marxist, but neo-marxist, i.e. a way of shoving money for the welfare state for the rich. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-11-16 03:01 |