Brazil FOIA confirms Lula & Macron talked before key CITES vote on endangered tree

Mongabay
Apr 22, 2026, 8:01 pm110 ptsTrending
Early in 2026, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s office denied that he had a phone call with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, about easing proposed trade restrictions on Brazil’s endangered national tree. The denial to Mongabay came during reporting for a story published in February…

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