The Brazilian and the French presidents on Tuesday announced a plan to invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in the Amazon, including parts of the rainforest in neighboring French Guiana. The two countries' governments said in a joint statement the money will be spread over the next four years to protect the rainforest. It will be a collaboration of state-run Brazilian banks and France's investment agency.
French President Emmanuel Macron has begun a three-day visit to Brazil, where a key issue on his agenda is convincing his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to take a stand on Russia's war against Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron begins a three-day trip to Brazil, during which he will try to convince the country's leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to support Ukraine in Russo-Ukrainian War, Bloomberg reported on March 26.