While the Amazon Forests Burn, Brazil's President Takes Selfies and Jokes: Daily Mail

While protests are taking place in Brazil's capital, Rio de Janeiro, and several other cities calling for an immediate end to the record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is taking selfies and joking during a military event, reports the Daily Mail.

According to the source, today during a ceremony at the Brazilian Army headquarters for Army Day, Jair Bolsonaro tried on a military beret, took selfies, and appeared carefree.

Earlier, it was announced that Jair Bolsonaro had allowed the military to participate in efforts to extinguish the fires in the Amazon rainforest. Reports indicate that according to the president's decree, Brazilian armed forces will be deployed to border areas, residential areas, and other affected regions starting Saturday to participate in firefighting efforts.

The armed forces will cooperate with public safety and environmental protection agencies, as stated in the president's decree.

As previously reported by Tert.am, protests are occurring in various parts of the world demanding an end to the record fires in the Amazon rainforest. Protesters have gathered near consulates and blocked roads in London, Geneva, Paris, Madrid, Milan, and Berlin, with slogans and banners calling for an end to the worst fires in history.

Participants in the protest in Paris shouted, "Bolsonaro, go away!" while in the UK, demonstrators gathered near the consulate in the capital, urging Bolsonaro to prevent the mass fires in the Amazon rainforest.

The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world and plays a vital role in absorbing various gas emissions. It also helps slow down global warming.

Critics blame the record increase in the number of fires on President Jair Bolsonaro, claiming that he does not stop deforestation and encourages farmers to expand their territories.