Brazil has seen politicians accused of corruption leave and re-enter politics time and again.
But Thursday’s charges against lawmakers for allegedly pocketing bribes as part of a graft ring at Brazil’s state-run oil company contained the name of the most famous comeback kid of them all: former President Fernando Collor de Mello.
Mr. Collor de Mello resigned the nation’s highest office in disgrace in 1992 amid corruption allegations. Now in his second term in Brazil’s senate representing the conservative PTB party, he is once again on the hot seat.
Brazil Energy Insight 
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