We speak to the people behind yesterday’s protests outside the Brazilian embassy to put pressure on the government to take action to stop the Amazon rainforest fire.
Crowds of people, including locals, foreigners, and indigenous groups, protested outside the Brazilian embassy in Bogotá yesterday, August 23. The idea was to put pressure on Bolsonaro’s government to take urgent action against the ongoing fire in the Amazon rainforest. Also attending the protest was the representative of change.org for Colombia, Jonatan Rodríguez, to hand in to the embassy a petition with currently over three million signatures. We spoke to Jonatan afterwards to find out more about the petition.