Bolsonaro rejects 'Captain Nero' tag over Amazon fires

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro denied Thursday that his policies were to blame for raging wildfires in the Amazon and accused the media of harming the interests of the country by branding him a "Captain Nero."
He said Brazil was suffering an "environmental psychosis" which was hampering development. "I don't want to finish the environment, I want to save Brazil."
On Thursday, he denied formally accusing NGOs, saying: "I never accused NGOs, I said I suspected NGOs."