Brazil's new education minister resigns amid scrutiny over qualifications

Carlos Decotelli stepped down after five days following reports he lied about his credentials in blow to Bolsonaro

Brazil's latest pick for education minister has been forced to resign after just five days following reports that he repeatedly lied about his qualifications, the most recent in a series of embarrassing blows for the far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro.

Carlos Decotelli, an economist and former navy man, stepped down yesterday after Brazil's Getulio Vargas Foundation business school publicly refuted his claims he had worked there as a teacher.