The former Brazilian president, Fernando Collor de Mello (1990-1992), was sentenced yesterday, Wednesday, to eight years and 10 months of effective imprisonment for corruption and money laundering, in a case linked to contracts between a construction company and a former subsidiary of the state-owned oil company Petrobras.
The decision came from the Supreme Federal Court, Brazil's controversial highest court, which had convicted by a majority last week former president and former senator Collor de Mello, who gained public relevance last year by campaigning for former president Jair Bolsonaro.
In Wednesday's session, the full Supreme Court discussed . . .
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