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| Brazil justice minister Moro quits in Bolsonaro clash | Brazil justice minister Moro quits in Bolsonaro clash |
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| Brazil's Justice Minister Sergio Moro has resigned amid tension with President Jair Bolsonaro. | Brazil's Justice Minister Sergio Moro has resigned amid tension with President Jair Bolsonaro. |
| Mr Moro, a former judge, had threatened to quit after the president fired one of his allies - federal police chief Mauricio Valeixo - on Thursday. | Mr Moro, a former judge, had threatened to quit after the president fired one of his allies - federal police chief Mauricio Valeixo - on Thursday. |
| Speaking on TV, Mr Moro said angrily there was no reason to sack Mr Valeixo, and called it political interference. | |
| Mr Moro is one of the president's most popular ministers. He oversaw Brazil's biggest-ever anti-corruption probe. | Mr Moro is one of the president's most popular ministers. He oversaw Brazil's biggest-ever anti-corruption probe. |
| Mr Valeixo's dismissal was announced, with no further details, in the official gazette. | Mr Valeixo's dismissal was announced, with no further details, in the official gazette. |
| Mr Moro had threatened to resign if Mr Valeixo were dismissed, but then said he would stay if he were allowed to choose a replacement. | Mr Moro had threatened to resign if Mr Valeixo were dismissed, but then said he would stay if he were allowed to choose a replacement. |
| Brazil's currency - the real - sank to a record low of 5.50 per dollar on Thursday, amid the political uncertainty. | Brazil's currency - the real - sank to a record low of 5.50 per dollar on Thursday, amid the political uncertainty. |
| In mid-April the right-wing president sacked his health minister, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, for his response to the coronavirus pandemic. The minister had advocated social distancing, which Mr Bolsonaro has scorned. | |
| Fighting corruption was a central issue for Jair Bolsonaro in his 2018 presidential campaign. | |
| The BBC's South America correspondent Katy Watson says Mr Moro made a damning speech, accusing President Bolsonaro of meddling in federal police efforts to fight corruption. | |
| After announcing his resignation the sound of pot-banging protests rang out in cities across Brazil. | |
| Seen as an anti-corruption crusader, he was a star pick when Mr Bolsonaro asked him to join the government. | |
| Earlier Mr Moro oversaw a huge corruption probe which exposed billions of dollars in bribes and ended in the jailing of many powerful businessmen and politicians, including leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. | |
| Mr Moro once said he "would never enter politics", but later agreed to serve in Mr Bolsonaro's cabinet, in order to fight corruption and organised crime. | |
| He was promised full autonomy for his department, which united the justice and public security portfolio in a so-called "super ministry". | He was promised full autonomy for his department, which united the justice and public security portfolio in a so-called "super ministry". |