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Bolsonaro abandons Federal Police nomination under pressure

| April 29, 2020 12:03 PM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — President Jair Bolsonaro yielded on Wednesday to growing criticism around the nomination of a new federal police chief seen as too close to the Brazilian leader's family, and revoked the appointment. The decision came hours after the Supreme Court temporarily suspended the nomination.

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