 Brazil this week began the first operations against Amazon deforestation since veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office, the Ibama environmental agency said Friday.On the campaign trail before his October election victory -- when he defeated far right climate change skeptic Jair Bolsonaro -- Lula promised to end deforestation by 2030.The Amazon rainforest suffered during Bolsonaros four-year presidency as the former army captain repeatedly enacted laws favoring agriculture and mini... 