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Brazil agriculture minister resigns - ministry

by Reuters
Wednesday, 17 August 2011 22:22 GMT

BRASILIA, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Brazilian agriculture minister Wagner Rossi submitted his resignation on Wednesday, following corruption allegations among his top advisers, the ministry said in a statement.

Rossi is now the fourth minister in President Dilma Rousseff's administration to resign, adding to tensions in her less-than-year-old government. (Reporting by Hugo Bachega; Writing by Luciana Lopez)

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