Brazilian Senator Ciro Nogueira gestures after meeting with Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro (not pictured) at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil July 27, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has asked Senator Ciro Nogueira to be his chief of staff to shore up support in Congress in the face of falling popularity and growing outrage over his handling of the world's second-deadliest COVID-19 outbreak.
Nogueira, a leader of the center-right Progressives Party(PP), tweeted on Tuesday that he has accepted the job and is expected to be sworn in this week as Bolsonaro's closest minister, replacing a retired general.
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