Brazil says open to aid for Amazon fires, but will decide how it’s used

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Leonardo Benassatto BRASILIA/PORTO VELHO, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil said on Tuesday it was ready to accept foreign aid to help fight fires in the Amazon but only if it could determine how it was spent, in an apparent attempt to smooth over a public spat between the Brazilian and French presidents. The comments by presidential spokesman Rego Barros came after governors of states in the Brazilian Amazon told President Jair Bolsonaro that they needed the money to help fight the record wildfires in the world's largest tropical rainforest. "The Brazilian government, through its president, is open to receiving financial support from organizations and countries.

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