Brazil’s finance minister Haddad resigns to launch a high-stakes bid for Sao Paulo governor

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, who is seen as the potential political heir of 80-year-old President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has resigned, according to a decision published in Brazil’s official gazette Friday. Haddad, who lost against former President Jair Bolsonaro in the 2018 run-off vote, said Thursday he will run for governor of Sao Paulo state. He will likely be up against current Gov. Tarcísio de Freitas, an ally of the embattled far-right ex-leader wh