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Brazil health minister to step down, run for congress

Brazil health minister to step down, run for congress | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this June 10, 2016 file photo, Health Minister Ricardo Barros speaks to the foreign media about Zika at Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In a Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018 statement, Barros says he will resign in order to run for Congress in October elections. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

SAO PAULO – Brazilian Health Minister Ricardo Barros says he will resign in order to run for Congress in October elections.

A Thursday statement from the ministry does not say when Barros will step down. He must do so by April 7 to be eligible to run.

Industry Minister Marcos Pereira resigned Wednesday and also intends to seek a congressional seat. Labor Minister Ronaldo Nogueira did the same last week.

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