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Isabel dos Santos fights Luanda Leaks

Isabel dos Santos. Leaked documents allege that the daughter of ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos plundered state revenues to build her fortune, estimated at $2.1 billion. PHOTO | MIGUEL RIOPA | AFP

By  Arnaldo Vieira

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Isabel dos Santos, 46, the daughter of Angola’s long-running leader of 38 years, was mostly seen as untouchable in Luanda.

In fact, for most of her life, she represented both worlds.

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