Bolsonaro fired his Minister of Education

The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, today dismissed from the Ministry of Education the Colombian nationalized Brazilian Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez, whose management has been involved in multiple controversies and disputes in this portfolio.

"I communicate to all the appointment of Professor Abraham Weintraub to the post of Minister of Education", published Bolsonaro in his account on the social network Twitter, where he also thanked Vélez for "the services provided".

Abraham, doctor and university professor with "extensive management experience," said the head of state, was appointed at a time when successive controversies in the education portfolio resulted in a series of layoffs and resignations, including those of three deputy ministers.

Velez, 75, was part of the Bolsonaro cabinet since the beginning of his governmenton January 1, on the recommendation of ultra-conservative Olavo de Carvalho, one of the president's mentors.

The latest controversy focused on a mention made by the sacked minister about the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar., that he gave as an example of behavior so that young people do not use drugs in school.

"Pablo Escobar had reserved football fields for young people and a small library. In this way, young people do not consume cocaine because this product is intended for export, "said Vélez at a public hearing in the Chamber of Deputies.

That said, Brazilians behave like "cannibals" when traveling abroad and The announcement of "incremental changes" in textbooks so that "children can get the true idea" and "the real" of the 1964 coup is another controversy sparked by Velez.