Brazil military mobilizes to fight Amazon fires, and restore ‘positive perception’

Rio de Janeiro • Rocked by global outrage and threats of economic losses over its handling of fires raging in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil on Saturday began a hastily planned military operation to battle the blazes and generate a “positive perception” of the country.As of Saturday, at least four Brazilian states had formally requested military assistance to contain hundreds of fires, which have been burning for several weeks but plunged President Jair Bolsonaro’s administ