Brazil's president accuses DiCaprio of financing Amazon fires sans evidence

FILE PHOTO: Leonardo DiCaprio attends the premiere of"Once Upon a Time In Hollywood" in Los Angeles, California, US, on July 22, 2019.

DiCaprio denied having donated to the WWF. In a statement, the actor lauded "the people of Brazil working to save their natural and cultural heritage." But, he said, "While worthy of support, we did not fund the organizations targeted." Politicians and other NGOs fiercely criticized the arrest, saying it was part of a concerted attempt by Bolsonaro's government to harass environmental groups.

One day later he admitted that farmers could be illegally setting the rainforest ablaze, but roughly a month later he attacked the "lying media" for saying that the rainforest was being devastated by the fires.

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