Brazil welcomes aid for Amazon fires, wants control over funds

Brazil says it’s now willing to accept foreign aid to help fight the fires ravaging the Amazon, as long as it decides how to use the money.

Earlier, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro had said his government would manage the problem on its own.

Bolsonaro’s handling of the crisis has attracted international criticism.

Meanwhile, he’s pushing ahead with plans to develop and farm protected indigenous reserves, which is illegal under current law.