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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rebecca Ratcliffe in Manila

‘Lost’ Picasso spotted in Imelda Marcos’s home after son’s election win

Imelda Marcos in her apartment in Manila in June 2007, with a gallery of paintings including a different Picasso
Imelda Marcos in her apartment in Manila in June 2007, with a gallery of paintings including a possible Picasso (upper right). Photograph: Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images

The glimpse of a possible Picasso in the home of Imelda Marcos seen during a visit by her son, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, after his election win has set off a flurry of speculation in the Philippines, where the family that once plundered billions is set to return to power.

Marcos Jr, the son and namesake of the late dictator, won a landslide victory in Monday’s presidential election, an outcome that has appalled those who survived his father’s regime.

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