Brazilian President cancelled a trip to New York Friday after several companies pulled out of an event where he was to be honoured.

The chamber rented space at the American Museum of Natural History for the event.

The museum later said it would not be hosting the gala honoring Brazil's far right president amid backlash. Companies including Delta Air Lines and the Financial Times also said they would not attend.

On Friday, Brazilian government spokesman Otavio Rego Barros said Bolsonaro had cancelled the trip "in the face of the resistance and deliberate attacks by the New York mayor and the pressure of interest groups on the institutions that organise, sponsor and host the event annually."

Bolsonaro, a former army captain, has come under fierce criticism from his opponents for his repeated racist and homophobic comments, as well as his pro-business environmental agenda in the Amazon.

Last month, more than 600 European scientists signed a letter saying that "Brazil's new administration threatens Indigenous rights and the natural areas they protect.

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