Leonardo DiCaprio

Hollywood star and environmentalist says what happens in Amazon rainforest is 'driving change for healthy planet'

Mr Bolsonaro later shared a screenshot of an Instagram post by the actor, saying: “By the way, the picture you posted to talk about the wildfires in the Amazon in 2019 is from 2003. In 2019, Mr Bolsonaro made false claims that the Oscar winner’s environmental organisation Earth Alliance donated $5m to local environmental groups, which he alleged were responsible for starting the Amazon forest fires. “Thanks for your support, Leo! It’s really important to have every Brazilian voting in the coming elections.Our people will decide if they want to keep our sovereignty on the Amazon or to be ruled by crooks who serve foreign special interest.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has called out Leonardo DiCaprio for sharing misinformation about the 2019 forest fires in The Amazon.

– By the way, the picture you posted to talk about the wildfires in the Amazon in 2019 is from 2003. “There are people who want to arrest Brazilian citizens who make this kind of mistake here in our country,” continued Bolsonaro. “But I’m against this tyrannical idea. In 2020, the Brazilian senate passed the controversial “ fake news” bill, which aims to crack down on misinformation shared online. It comes as environmentalists have accused Bolsonaro of allowing deforestation in Brazil to accelerate, with the President significantly weakening legal protections for the Amazon rainforest since he took office in 2019. What happens there matters to us all and youth voting is key in driving change for a healthy planet. What happens there matters to us all and youth voting is key in driving change for a healthy planet,” he wrote.