and from oxford isjonathan mazower from survival international — a group which campaigns for the rightsrs of the brazilian government, as we saw the brazilian government, as we saw the president reacted angrily to the offer of $22 million in help, he tweeted that president and was treating brazil as a colony or no man's land. hours later the environment minister gave the bbc a televised interview saying brazil would take the money. the defence minister also in charge of operations in the north of brazil also said help would be welcome. later in the evening, the chief of staff said the money would not be accepted. it seems the ministers that are in charge of handling the situation in the amazon want their help, but the president does not seem likely to want the money coming from the g7. does brazil have the resources to tackle these wildfires? brazil is in a serious economic crisis, the government has just decided to ease austerity measures and release $9.3 million to help battle the fire. the defence minister has said that money was not enough, they would need more, because operations a