The trial of the former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, on charges that he led a conspiracy to overturn his 2022 election loss to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is in its final phase.
Five Supreme Court justices, who are tasked with deciding the fate of Bolsonaro and his seven co-defendants, are expected to hand down their verdicts by 12 September.
Here, we recap some of the basics you need to know about the trial.
Jair Bolsonaro, 70, is a Brazilian politician who governed the South American country from January 2019 to December 2022.
Before he entered politics, Bolsonaro was paratrooper, and in his first years as a congressman, he fiercely defended the interests of the armed forces.
