Party President Resigns

Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party President Jose Genoino stepped down from his post in a bid to help the party, dogged by allegations of corruption, restore its credibility. The party’s executive board didn’t immediately name a replacement. Genoino is the third senior official in President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s party to resign as lawmakers investigate allegations the party traded jobs and money for votes. Genoino, who helped Lula form the Workers´Party in 1980, denies he committed any wrongdoing.