Tag: Bebiano

Brazil president sacks close aide amid political scandal

  BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday sacked a close aide who helped get him elected after a storm within his party over suspected improper campaign financing. The allegations are the latest scandal to hit the party of the far-right president, who comfortably won elections last October in large part by vowing to stamp out corruption. Bolsonaro “has decided to dismiss as of today Gustavo Bebianno as minister of the general […]