Brazil’s Transportation Minister Seeks to Develop Amazon to Boost Growth
- ‘Protection and production’ possible at once, Renan Filho says
- Disputes over oil exploration have divided Lula’s government
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Amid a swelling dispute between pro-growth and pro-environment members of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration, Brazil’s Transportation Minister Renan Filho has sought to emerge as a pragmatic voice seeking to build bridges between the two groups.
Filho supports some of the controversial projects that have put in evidence the divide within the government of the leftist leader, including one to allow oil exploration near the mouth of the Amazon river and another to build a railway crossing the rainforest.