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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Gram Slattery and Ricardo Brito

Downfall of Bolsonaro ally spotlights Brazilian leader's female voter issue

FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro reacts during the launching ceremony of the Plano Safra 2021/2022, an action plan for the agricultural sector, in Brasilia, Brazil June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain with a history of misogynistic comments, has a female voter problem that could cost him in October elections. And it just got worse.

Pedro Guimaraes, a staunch political ally and the head of state bank Caixia Economica Federal, resigned on Wednesday under pressure over allegations of sexual harassment that he denies.

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