BRASILIA (AFP) -Brazil's Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said on Thursday (April 16) he had been sacked by President Jair Bolsonaro, after weeks of clashes between the two over the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BRASILIA -Brazil's Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said on Thursday he had been sacked by President Jair Bolsonaro, after weeks of clashes between the two over the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The announcement had been expected for several days given the number of clashes between the pair and their seemingly incompatible outlooks.
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