(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on March 26, 2025, shows Brazilian Senator and former President Fernando Collor de Mello (top L) delivering a speech during the debate on suspending and impeaching President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia on May 11, 2016; Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (top R) gesturing during a meeting with his cabinet and governors to discuss changes in public security policies at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on October 31, 2024; Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (bottom L) gesturing during a meeting with rectors of public universities and technical education at Planalto Palace in Brasilia on March 11, 2016; and Brazilian president Michel Temer delivering a speech during the "A Year of Achievements" meeting in celebration of the first year of his presidential term at the Palacio do Planalto in Brasilia on May 12, 2017. (Credit: AFP)
Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, who has been ordered to stand trial on charges of plotting a coup, is the latest leader of Latin America's biggest economy to face court proceedings.
Unlike his predecessors, however, most of whom were charged with corruption, he is accused of attacking Brazil's democracy.
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