BRASILIA (Reuters) -Former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested on Friday in the northeastern city of Maceio after a Supreme Court justice rejected his challenges against a ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Brazilian Supreme Court has authorized former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello to serve house arrest after being sentenced to almost 9 years in prison on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Fernando Collor was arrested early on Friday in the northeastern state of Alagoas and ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A little more than two years ago, Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello came to power on a vow to clean up ...

Brazil’s former president, Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested on Friday and taken to prison to begin serving a nearly nine-year sentence for corruption and money laundering. This marks another ...

Fernando Collor de Mello, who was Brazil's president from 1990 to 1992, was convicted of corruption and money laundering during his time as a senator in the 2010s. Brazil's Supreme Court has sentenced ...

Brazil’s former President Fernando Collor de Mello has been arrested after a Supreme Court justice rejected his challenges against a previous conviction and ordered him to start serving jail time.

An ear-pounding samba beat blared through the dusty streets of this small northeastern city as Fernando Collor de Mello flashed a smile and walked among adoring supporters. Ten years after the ...

When President Fernando Collor de Mello came to power, Brazilians hoped they had a real democracy. Now they know they do. While Collor was the first directly elected Brazilian president in 29 years, ...

Former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested early Friday morning after the country’s Supreme Court rejected his appeals and ordered him to begin serving a prison sentence for ...