Bolivia: catastrophic wildfires devastate forest in echo of Brazil's Amazon crisis

Bolivia’s president announced he would interrupt his re-election campaign for a week to help coordinate foreign aid efforts

As fires continue to rage in Brazil, nearly a million hectares (6,200 sq miles) of farmland and unique dry forest have been destroyed by weeks of blazes across the border in Bolivia, where the flames have now reached the country’s Amazon region.

Initial estimates indicate 600 hectares of rainforest have been destroyed in the north-eastern region of Bení, where the fires now threaten indigenous populations.

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