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Brazil: Bolsonaro fires key moderate who warned of dangers of 'extremism'
Source: The Guardian
Brazil: Bolsonaro fires key moderate who warned of dangers of 'extremism'
• Government secretary Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz forced out
• News comes as scandal swirls around justice minister Moro
Tom Phillips in Mexico City and Anna Jean Kaiser in Rio de Janeiro
Fri 14 Jun 2019 00.50 BST
Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has sacked one of the most prominent moderates in his administration for reportedly failing to ideologically align himself with his commander-in-chief’s radical creed.
Gen Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz, Bolsonaro’s secretary of government, had repeatedly locked horns with the president’s crotchety US-based guru, Olavo de Carvalho, and was reportedly relieved of his duties on Thursday afternoon.
The move, which sent shockwaves through Brazilian politics, came as Bolsonaro finally broke an almost four-day silence over a still unfolding scandal involving his justice minister Sérgio Moro.
Moro is facing calls for his resignation after a series of politically explosive leaks published by the Intercept suggested he colluded with prosecutors in order to jail Bolsonaro’s key rival in last year’s presidential election, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Polls suggested Lula would have defeated Bolsonaro had he been able to run.
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• Government secretary Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz forced out
• News comes as scandal swirls around justice minister Moro
Tom Phillips in Mexico City and Anna Jean Kaiser in Rio de Janeiro
Fri 14 Jun 2019 00.50 BST
Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has sacked one of the most prominent moderates in his administration for reportedly failing to ideologically align himself with his commander-in-chief’s radical creed.
Gen Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz, Bolsonaro’s secretary of government, had repeatedly locked horns with the president’s crotchety US-based guru, Olavo de Carvalho, and was reportedly relieved of his duties on Thursday afternoon.
The move, which sent shockwaves through Brazilian politics, came as Bolsonaro finally broke an almost four-day silence over a still unfolding scandal involving his justice minister Sérgio Moro.
Moro is facing calls for his resignation after a series of politically explosive leaks published by the Intercept suggested he colluded with prosecutors in order to jail Bolsonaro’s key rival in last year’s presidential election, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Polls suggested Lula would have defeated Bolsonaro had he been able to run.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/13/brazil-president-bolsonaro-santos-cruz-fired
