2016-07-07

Cunha, an ultra-conservative evangelical being investigated for corruption, gave a typically abrasive speech: ‘It is well known that the house is brainless’

Brazil’s lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha has resigned in tears less than three months after he orchestrated the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.

His departure is the latest twist in the country’s ongoing political turmoil, but few are likely to lament the reviled head of a despised institution.

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