Brazil president says he wants the Amazon to be exploited 'in a reasonable way'

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FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during inauguration ceremony of the new Education Minister Abraham Weintraub at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he wanted the country's vast Amazon rainforest to be exploited "in a reasonable way" and criticized the creation of new indigenous reserves by previous governments. In a Facebook live video, the far-right leader also said he planned to travel to Hungary and Poland in the second half of the year. (Reporting by Alexandre Caverni, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)