Belfast Telegraph  Friday 14 March 2014  Brazil's president:
'gringos' must pay to stop deforestation  Brazil's president
said "gringos" should pay Amazon nations to prevent
deforestation.  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva insisted rich Western
nations had caused much more past environmental destruction than
the loggers and farmers who cut and burn trees in the world's
largest tropical rain forest.   "I don't want any gringo asking
us to let an Amazon resident die of hunger under a tree," Mr da
Silva said.    Mr da Silva convened the meeting to form a
unified position on deforestation and climate change for seven
Amazon nations before the December 7-18 Copenhagen climate
summit.  But the only leaders who attended were Guyana's Bharrat
Jagdeo and France's Nicolas Sarkozy, representing French Guiana,
prompting top da Silva aides and environmentalists to admit the
gathering will have a muted impact.  Other nations sent vice
presidents or ministers and the presidents of Colombia and
Venezuela embarrassed Brazil by cance