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Amazon rainforest continues to burn in 2020 despite promises to save it

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NOVO PROGRESSO, Brazil - A year ago this month, the forest around the town of Novo Progresso erupted into flames — the first major blazes in the Brazilian Amazon's dry season that ultimately saw more than 100,000 fires and spurred global outrage against the government’s inability or unwillingness to protect the rainforest.This year, President Jair Bolsonaro pledged to control the burning — typically started by local farmers to clear land for cattle or to grow soybeans, one of Brazil’s top exports.

He imposed a four-month ban on most fires and sent in the army to prevent and battle blazes.But this week the smoke is again so thick around Novo Progresso that police have reported motorists have crashed because they can't see.A donkey stands.

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