President of Brazil Demands Apology From France After Rejecting $22.2 Million in Aid to Fight the Amazon Fires

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro rejected a $22.2 million aid package to help fight the fires raging through the Amazon rainforest from G7 on Aug. 27.

France's President Emmanuel Macron and Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attend an event on women's empowerment during the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

On Aug. 27, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro rejected a $22.2 million aid package from G-7 to help fight the fires raging through the Amazon rainforest.

Bolsonaro said that unless French President Emmanuel Macron retracts some comments that Bolsonaro regarded as offensive, he wouldn’t accept the aid offer.