Collor de Mello, who became Brazil’s first democratically elected president after a decades-long military dictatorship, resigned in 1992 amid an impeachment process over allegations of bribery.

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.

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Alexandre De Moraes allowed Thursday former President Fernando Collor de Melo to serve his 8-year, 10-month sentence under house arrest, citing humanitarian ...

In a big move, Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of a former president. On April 24, Judge Alexandre de Moraes decided that Fernando Collor de Mello must go to jail right away. This ...

Brazil's former president Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested and taken to prison Friday to begin serving a nearly nine-year sentence for corruption and money laundering, the latest former ...

Collor de Mello, Brazil’s first democratically elected president after a decades-long dictatorship, resigned in 1992 after congress launched impeachment proceedings against him for allegedly ...

Brazil’s ex-President Collor de Mello arrested after corruption sentence Collor, 75, held by federal police in the northeastern city of Maceio, capital of Alagoas state, lawyer says.

Collor de Mello, Brazil's first democratically elected president, was forced to resign in 1992, halfway through his term, after congress launched impeachment proceedings against him for allegedly ...