Gisele Bundchen is a 'bad Brazilian', says Bolsonaro's agriculture minister
Source: The Guardian
Gisele Bündchen is a 'bad Brazilian', says Bolsonaro's agriculture minister
Tereza Cristina Dias said the model, who is a UN environment goodwill ambassador, should ‘not go around criticizing Brazil’
Anna Jean Kaiser in São Paulo
Mon 14 Jan 2019 16.40 GMT
Brazil’s new agriculture minister has described the Gisele Bündchen as a “bad Brazilian” whose environmental activism has tainted the country’s image abroad, inviting the supermodel to instead become an “ambassador” for the agricultural sector.
In an interview with a conservative radio station on Monday, Tereza Cristina Dias was asked about the “PR problems” that have arisen from Bündchen’s criticism of government attempts to roll back environmental protections.
“It’s absurd what they do today with the image of Brazil,” said Dias, who was the leader of the farmers’ caucus in congress before being appointed to the environment ministry by far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. “For some reason they go out and paint a picture of Brazil and its industries that is not true.
“Sorry, Gisele Bündchen,” she added. “You should be an ambassador and say that your country conserves, that your country is on the global vanguard of conservation, and not go around criticizing Brazil without knowing the facts.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/14/gisele-bundchen-bad-brazilian-bolsonaro-agricultural-minister-tereza-cristina-diaz
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