Series of new Brazilian convictions corruption deepens sense of despair for honest average citizen | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

A Brazilian judge sentenced five former executives of the country’s construction giant OAS Wednesday over corruption at the state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA. The OAS executives were found guilty of bribing government officials, money laundering and organized crime in a graft scandal that broke last year. Federal judge Sergio Moro ordered a jail term…