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The Guardian - US
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Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Bolsonaro under fire over claims family paid for 51 properties in cash

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Jair Bolsonaro blamed the news reports on ‘an outlet without the slightest credibility’. Photograph: Adriano Machado/Reuters

Jair Bolsonaro’s murky family finances have come under renewed scrutiny after claims the Brazilian president and close relatives used cash to pay for more than 50 properties worth millions of dollars.

The allegations – the result of a seven-month investigation by the Brazilian news group UOL – suggest that between 1990 and 2022, members of the Bolsonaro clan repeatedly used large sums of cash to pay for flats, houses and plots of land in cities including Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

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