Brazil Environment Minister Resigns Amid Timber Trafficking Probe
Faizan Hashmi Published June 24, 2021 | 01:50 AM
Bras�lia, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Jun, 2021 ) :Brazil's controversial Environment Minister Ricardo Salles announced his resignation Wednesday, just over a month after the Supreme Court ordered an investigation into allegations he was involved in a timber trafficking scheme.
Salles, 46, was one of the most divisive figures in far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's government, having presided over a surge in deforestation in the Amazon rainforest and major cuts to environmental protection programs.
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