<p> Brazil's Supreme Court sentenced ex-president Fernando Collor de Mello Wednesday to eight years and 10 months in prison for corruption, part of the fallout from the country's sweeping "Car Wash" graft investigation.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/frances-macron-says-g7-is-opportunity-to-convince-india-brazil-over-ukraine-1220618.html" target="_blank">France's Macron says G7 is opportunity to convince India, Brazil over Ukraine</a></strong><br /> </p>.<p>The high court convicted Collor, 73, who led Brazil from 1990 to 1992 before resigning to avoid impeachment, of taking 20 million reais ($4 million) in bribes as a senator from 2010 to 2014 to "irregularly" arrange contracts for a construction company with a subsidiary of state-run oil company Petrobras.</p>
<p> Brazil's Supreme Court sentenced ex-president Fernando Collor de Mello Wednesday to eight years and 10 months in prison for corruption, part of the fallout from the country's sweeping "Car Wash" graft investigation.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/frances-macron-says-g7-is-opportunity-to-convince-india-brazil-over-ukraine-1220618.html" target="_blank">France's Macron says G7 is opportunity to convince India, Brazil over Ukraine</a></strong><br /> </p>.<p>The high court convicted Collor, 73, who led Brazil from 1990 to 1992 before resigning to avoid impeachment, of taking 20 million reais ($4 million) in bribes as a senator from 2010 to 2014 to "irregularly" arrange contracts for a construction company with a subsidiary of state-run oil company Petrobras.</p>