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    Brazil's socialists quit coalition amid corruption scandal

    Brazil's Popular Socialist Party announced on Thursday night that it was leaving President Michel Temer's coalition, following allegations Temer obstructed justice in the country's biggest corruption scandal.

    The party said in a statement that Culture Minister Roberto Freire had already resigned, but its other cabinet member, Defense Minister Raul Jungmann, would stay on for the sake of the country's security at a time of crisis and uncertainty, reported Reuters.