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News channel or source: https://valorinternational.globo.com/politics/news/2026/10/05/election-upends-fortunes-of-brazils-political-heavyweights.ghtml
Published on: Sunday 04 October 2026
Sunday’s elections dealt major setbacks to some of Brazil’s most powerful political figures, weakening state-level political machines and ending long careers even as other heavyweights emerged ...
News Brazil » Alagoas » Politics: Brazil’s ex-President Collor de Mello arrested after corruption sentence
News channel or source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/25/brazils-ex-president-collor-de-mello-arrested-after-corruption-sentence
Published on: Friday 25 April 2025
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.