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| Brazil corruption: President loses fourth minister | Brazil corruption: President loses fourth minister |
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| Brazil's Agriculture Minister Wagner Rossi has resigned amid a corruption scandal. | Brazil's Agriculture Minister Wagner Rossi has resigned amid a corruption scandal. |
| He is the fourth minister to leave office because of corruption allegations since President Dilma Rousseff came to power in January. | He is the fourth minister to leave office because of corruption allegations since President Dilma Rousseff came to power in January. |
| Mr Rossi said he had spent a month battling what he called "false accusations", and had had enough. | Mr Rossi said he had spent a month battling what he called "false accusations", and had had enough. |
| He is a member of the Democratic Movement Party of Brazil, President Rousseff's largest ally in Congress. | He is a member of the Democratic Movement Party of Brazil, President Rousseff's largest ally in Congress. |
| "Over the last 30 days, I have faced a daily barrage of false accusations without any proof," Mr Rossi wrote in a letter cited by Agencia Brasil. | "Over the last 30 days, I have faced a daily barrage of false accusations without any proof," Mr Rossi wrote in a letter cited by Agencia Brasil. |
| He had been accused of accepting bribes and free air travel from agricultural companies, local media report. | He had been accused of accepting bribes and free air travel from agricultural companies, local media report. |
| Relations between the president and the PMDB have worsened, with the party leader in the lower house of Congress, Henrique Eduardo Alves, speaking of "protests ... until Congress gets the respect we want". | |
| Defence Minister Nelson Jobim, Transport Minister Alfredo Nascimento and President Rousseff's chief of staff, Antonio Palocci, have all resigned since she took office. | Defence Minister Nelson Jobim, Transport Minister Alfredo Nascimento and President Rousseff's chief of staff, Antonio Palocci, have all resigned since she took office. |