Brazil’s Anything-Goes Election Now Includes Impeached Ex-President

  • Fernando Collor, president from 1990-92, launches candidacy
  • Collor resigned before being impeached on corruption charges
Fernando Collor de MelloPhotographer: Evaristo Sa/AFP/Getty Images
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Among the many possible contenders for Brazil’s next president are an ex-army captain, a TV presenter and a former head of state who may be in jail by the time of the election.

Now, another eye-catching candidate has thrown his hat into the ring: Fernando Collor de Mello, Brazil’s president from 1990-1992, when he resigned shortly before being impeached on corruption charges.