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British charity 'bewildered' by Amazon inquiry: spokesman
0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008
LONDON (AFP) — British-based environmental group Cool Earth said on Tuesday it was "bewildered" by reports that its co-founder was being investigated by Brazilian authorities over comments he made about the Amazon.
The O Globo newspaper reported on Monday that Brazilian police and intelligence services were investigating Cool Earth's millionaire co-founder Johan Eliasch -- a British-Swedish national -- for comments he allegedly made claiming that all of the Amazon could be bought for 50 billion dollars.
Brazil's new Environment Minister Carlos Minc said he was shocked by the report, and that one of his first acts in his new post would be to open an inquiry into the matter.
"It's bewildering because we do not own any lands in Amazonas, we fund various...
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