Actress Duarte resigns as Brazil culture secretary in latest blow to Bolsonaro cabinet
Issued on: 21/05/2020 - 03:34
Modified: 21/05/2020 - 03:34
Brazilian actress Regina Duarte (L) -- seen posing with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro after she agreed to be Brazil's culture minister in January 2020 -- has resigned Marcos CORREA Brazilian Presidency/AFP/File
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Actress Regina Duarte resigned from her post as Brazil's culture secretary on Wednesday, becoming the fourth high-profile figure to leave far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's cabinet in just over a month.
Actress Regina Duarte resigned from her post as Brazil's culture secretary on Wednesday, becoming the fourth high-profile figure to leave far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's cabinet in just over a month.
Media reports said Duarte, known as "Brazil's Sweetheart" for a lifetime of roles on famous telenovelas, had clashed with Bolsonaro over the president's calls to root out supposed left-wing bias among her staff.
But the pair were all smiles as they announced her departure in a video posted on Twitter.
"Mr President, are you giving me the boot?" she asked him jokingly outside the presidential palace.
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"I would never do that," he said.