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Brazil: Bolsonaro's education minister ridiculed for series of spelling howlers
Parents and academics urge removal of ‘disgraceful’ Abraham Weintraub, one of Bolsonaro’s most provocative loyalists
Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent
Thu 9 Jan 2020 11.28 EST
He is the Brazilian minister responsible for the educations of tens of millions of school children and university students.
But a series of excruciating high-profile spelling mistakes have left Abraham Weintraub’s orthographic reputation in tatters and academics and parents demanding his immediate expulsion from office.
Weintraub’s latest gaffe came on Wednesday when he sent a Twitter message to the politician son of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, containing the bogus claim that there had been no academic study of public security issues in Brazil.
That false assertion was “imprecionante” (“imprecive”), Weintraub declared, sparking widespread derision, even from supporters.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/09/brazil-bolsonaro-spelling-education-minister-abraham-weintraub