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April 16, 2019

Museum of Natural History Cancels Event with Brazilian President Bolsonaro
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New York City's American Museum of Natural History said Monday it has
canceled plans to host Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro at a
black-tie gala dinner in May. Bolsonaro's planned appearance set off
intense protests from environmental and human rights groups, who noted
his administration has worked to open Brazil's Amazon rainforest to
logging, mining and agribusiness companies while violating the rights of
indigenous peoples to their ancestral lands.


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