Report: Biden to Visit Amazon Rainforest in November

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OCT 20 2024

Above: US Pres. Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Oct. 5, 2024, before heading to South Bend, Indiana. Image copyright: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Contributor/AFP via Getty Imagesstory last updated OCT 21 2024

The Facts

US Pres. Joe Biden is expected to visit the Amazon rainforest in November and meet his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, according to reports from news outlet Reuters.
Biden and Lula could meet on Nov. 16 or 17 in Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon, or Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon River, ahead of the G20 summit scheduled for Rio de Janeiro between Nov. 18 and 19.
Though the White House hasn't confirmed the report, US government officials have already visited Manaus and Belém to study conditions. If confirmed, this would mark the first formal state visit of a US president to Brazil since 2011.

The Spin

Democratic narrative

With this potential visit to the Brazilian Amazon in his final days in office, Biden would be making a last push to save the rainforest and, consequently, the climate. Although more could have been done to put that issue in the spotlight in his tenure, consuming international crises and regional sensitivities largely restricted Biden to rhetorical efforts until now.

The New Republic

Republican narrative

Like every other globalist leader, Biden is now focusing on the Amazon rainforest and calling for radical action on the climate. While the Amazon is undoubtedly a natural wonder worth preserving, its preservation mustn't malign the interests of countries sharing ownership of the rainforest. After all, the Amazon is not the lungs of the world — this is pure disinformation.

National Review