SAO PAULO, June 19 — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's firebrand education minister resigned yesterday, following blunders that aggravated tense relations between the right-wing president and the country's Supreme Court. Education Minister Abraham Weintraub has been one of the loudest...
Brazil's Education Minister Abraham Weintraub is seen before a national flag hoisting ceremony in front of Alvorada Palace, Brasilia June 9, 2020. — Reuters pic
“If it were up to me, I'd stick all those bums in jail,” the minister said in a videotaped cabinet meeting. “We cannot trivialise attacks and threats to the Supreme Court, guardian of the constitution,” he said.
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