Bolsonaro Fires Moderate Cabinet Member General Santos Cruz
- Government Secretary is leaving at the president’s request
- General Luiz Eduardo Ramos named as ministerial replacement
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday fired his government secretary, a moderate general who repeatedly clashed with the president’s most radical supporters, including one of his sons.
Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz wrote in a statement that he was leaving at the request of the president, thanking the officials who worked for him and wishing Bolsonaro and his family “health, happiness and success.” The move was confirmed in a note issued by the presidential spokesman, who named his replacement as General Luiz Eduardo Ramos Baptista Pereira, the current military commander in Brazil’s south-east.