Brazil foreign minister resigns after vaccine snags, source says
The Peninsula
BRASILIA - Brazil's Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo resigned on Monday, a government source said, amid growing criticism of the combative China hawk's failure to guarantee additional vaccine supplies from Beijing and Washington.
A loyal ally of President Jair Bolsonaro, Araujo represents an ideological wing of the right-wing populist administration whose attacks against China, environmentalists and the left were increasingly seen as noisy distractions from tackling Brazil's raging pandemic. Brazil's Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.More Related News