Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday accused the speaker of the lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia of turning state governors against him in the coronavirus crisis and seeking to remove him from the presidency.
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro reacts during a media statement to announces the new Minister of Health, Nelson Teich, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Brasilia, Brazil, April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Bolsonaro fired Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta on Thursday, saying he was not adequately taking the economic fallout from coronavirus lockdowns into consideration.
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