Leonardo DiCaprio Responds after Brazil's President Blames Actor for Amazon Forest Fires
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Brazil's President blamed an unusual candidate this week as a cause of the Amazon forest fires: actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio, CNN reports.
President Jair Bolsonaro made the claim Thursday on a webcast, arguing that nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) contributed to the forest fires that ravaged the Amazon rainforest earlier this year.
"Take photo, film, send it to an NGO, the NGO spreads it out, does a campaign against Brazil, gets in touch with Leonardo DiCaprio and Leonardo DiCaprio donates $500,000 to this NGO. One part went to the people who were setting the fire, right?
DiCaprio responded to the claims Saturday on Instagram, refuting Bolsonaro's accusations while maintaining his support to the Brazilian people working to save the forest.
"The future of these irreplaceable ecosystems is at stake and I am proud to stand with the groups protecting them," he wrote. "While worthy of support, we did not fund the organizations targeted."
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