Former Brazilian President Collor de Mello Faces Eight-Year Prison Sentence

Brazil’s highest court, the Federal Supreme Court (STF), has upheld an eight-year and ten-month prison sentence for former President Fernando Collor de Mello. The court found Collor guilty of corruption linked to contracts with the state-owned oil company Petrobras. The STF’s decision, reached by a six to four vote, maintains Collor’s conviction in the Operation […]