The American Museum of Natural History announced Monday that it would not host a private event honoring far-right Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro. The New York City museum that touts itself as “one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions” had faced days of criticism from political leaders and activists in Brazil and the United States, as well as scientists the museum employs, for hosting a gala honoring Bolsonaro ― a climate change skeptic who has targeted protections for the Amazon rainforest and the indigenous tribes who live there. The museum said on Twitter that it and the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, the event’s organizer and host, had mutually decided that the gala meant to honor Bolsonaro as the chamber’s “Person of the Year” should be held elsewhere.

Source: Huffington Post April 15, 2019 21:56 UTC