Green groups denounce Brazil's 'sham' Amazon tour for foreign diplomats

Campaigners say visit was ‘media propaganda’ as officials failed to stop at any devastated rainforest areasEnvironmentalists have criticised a three-day tour of the Amazon that the Brazilian government staged for foreign ambassadors as a “sham” and “media propaganda” after it failed to stop at any environmentally devastated areas. The tour ended on Friday and focused on better-protected areas of the northern Amazon. “The government prepared an itinerary