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Third Brazil minister named in Petrobras scandal resigns: officials

Published: 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am | Last Updated: 30 Nov 2021 - 04:34 am
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Laid-off outsourced workers arrive to the Petrobras headquarter during a protest against recent layoffs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 24, 2015. Reuters

 

Brasília: Brazil's interim president Michel Temer lost the third minister of his month-old administration to a swirling scandal when his tourism minister resigned Thursday after being accused of taking bribes.

Presidency sources told AFP that Tourism Minister Henrique Eduardo Alves, a member of Temer's center-right PMDB party, had submitted his resignation after a key witness accused him of accepting 1.5 million reals (around $445,000) diverted from state oil company Petrobras.

AFP