ManausAmazon fires rose in 2024 while deforestation fell.
Far-right politicians used the smoke over Manaus to attack Brazil’s anti-deforestation policy during the presidential run-off.
Videos by lawmaker Nikolas Ferreira and São Paulo governor Tarcísio de Freitas treated fires and deforestation as the same thing.
Freitas said the federal government withheld firefighting support, and Amazonas’ state administration denied it.
The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization measured September rain 69% below average, and the drought deepens.
How each outlet framed it
- Agência Pública leans critical
- names Nikolas Ferreira and Tarcísio de Freitas as deliberate disinformers, tying fire-smoke misinformation to Flávio Bolsonaro's campaign and to Manaus school closures
Sources: Agência Pública