Amazon fires could burn Brazil's bid to join OECD rich nations club
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Uncontrolled fires sweeping through the Amazon rainforest could scuttle Brazil's chances of becoming a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), worried business leaders said on Friday.The surge in fires has alarmed environmentalists who blame right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro for undermining protection of the world's largest tropical rainforest and turning a blind eye to illegal deforestation by farmers and land grabbers.The wildfires..