Macron to visit Amazon rainforest with Lula on 3-day Brazil tour


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  • Monday, 25 Mar 2024

FILE PHOTO: France's President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a meeting with Colombia's President, Argentina's President and Vice President of Venezuela on the sidelines of a summit of European Union-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Summit (EU-CELAC) at The European Council Building in Brussels on July 17, 2023. EMMANUEL DUNAND/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

BRASILIA/PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron, who criticized Brazil's previous government for failing to protect the rainforest, will arrive on Tuesday in the Amazon at the start of a three-day visit to the South American country.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will meet Macron in Belem, near the mouth of the Amazon River, where the two will visit conservation parks with sustainable development projects and meet with Indigenous leaders.

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