Brazil's political turmoil intensifies as 'super minister' resigns
2020-04-26 08:15:36 source：CGTN
April 25, 2020
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro suffered the heaviest blow to his presidency so far as his popular justice minister quit on Friday and accused him of potentially criminal meddling in law enforcement, adding to the turmoil of a government struggling to confront a fast-growing coronavirus outbreak.
Sergio Moro, who won broad public support for jailing corrupt politicians and businessmen as a judge, said he was resigning because Bolsonaro fired Federal Police Chief Mauricio Valeixo for personal and political reasons.
The shocking exit and allegations from the so-called "super minister" were a hammer blow for Bolsonaro, whose popularity had already slumped for downplaying the pandemic that has killed more than 3,600 Brazilians and shows signs of worsening.
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