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Brazil: Anti-Rousseff coup leader quits over corruption claims

BRAZILIAN Congress Speaker Eduardo Cunha — who led the legislative coup against suspended President Dilma Rousseff — quit on Thursday over corruption allegations.

The turncoat Chamber of Deputies president wept as he read out his resignation letter to journalists, surrounded by his fellow putschists.

“I have suffered and continue to suffer persecution,” Mr Cunha claimed. “I’m paying a high price for initiating the impeachment process.”

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