The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonarowill meet this Friday at Sao Paulo with billionaire Elon Musk, reported a government source, which is negotiating with the businessman a project to bring the Internet to the Amazon jungle.

the encounter “it will be in Sao Paulo”, A source from the Brazilian Presidency told AFP, which did not divulge any details of the meeting on the official agenda at the moment.

Earlier, Bolsonaro He had said that he is planning a meeting of character “reserved” in Sao Paulo “with a very important person who is recognized throughout the world.”

“He comes to offer his help for our Amazon”said the president in his weekly broadcast on social networks, without giving names.

Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, is currently the richest person in the world, according to Forbes magazine, with an estimated fortune of $230 billion.

The businessman captured the world’s attention by announcing last month his plan to buy the social network Twitter, for which he offered 44,000 million dollars.

The Brazilian government announced in November that they were negotiating a deal for Space X to provide satellite internet in the Amazon rainforest and help detect illegal deforestation.

Categorized in:

World

Tagged in:

, ,