Brazil President Fires Back at Leonardo DiCaprio: He ‘Better Keep His Mouth Shut’ About the Amazon

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro fired back at Leonardo DiCaprio after the Oscar winner used social media to stress the importance of the Amazon rainforest on the environment.

DiCaprio has been urging Brazilians to register to vote in the upcoming election in an effort to help save the Amazon, which has been severely effected by deforestation during Bolsonaro’s presidency.

CNN reported in April that that the Amazon rainforest hit a new record for deforestation in 2022.“Brazil is home to the Amazon and other ecosystems critical to climate change,” DiCaprio wrote on social media. “What happens there matters to us all and youth voting is key in driving change for a healthy planet.”Speaking at Brazil’s Alvorada Palace on May 3, Bolsonaro said, “Now, DiCaprio has to know that it was the very president of the World Trade Organization who said that without Brazilian agribusiness, the world would be hungry.

So, DiCaprio better keep his mouth shut instead of talking nonsense” (via CNN). Bolsonaro originally replied to DiCaprio’s social media post on Twitter, writing in a response to the actor, “Thanks for your support, Leo!