""...My time as director of INPE was extremely important to me, including for increasing my own knowledge about other …"

"The Bolsonaro government had no idea what its attack on INPE data would mean in the international context."

"...I said that INPE was a highly respected institution, that I had a name as a scientist and there was no way I was g…"

"...To say to a scientist that your data is lying could mean the end of a career. And the data weren’t mine, but from …"

"Principalmente quando ele tem essas entrevistas com a imprensa ou mesmo em outras manifestações, ele tem um comportam…"

"Qualquer dirigente de um país tem que entender que, quando se trata de questões científicas, não existe autoridade ac…"

"Aquilo foi um soco direto na minha alma de cientista."

"...I believed that I had two options. I could do nothing and write to Minister Pontes to give an explanation to the p…"

"... I said that the president had adopted a weak, cowardly attitude by making a public accusation about a subject he …"

"I defended the INPE work. I knew that I would definitely be fired. But it was a successful strategy. INPE received so…"