Release of Bolsonaro spending records shows love of high living and … ice-cream

Brazil's new government has released the personal spending accounts of the former president Jair Bolsonaro, revealing the far-right leader's apparent penchant for expensive hotels, big meals out - and ice-cream.

Bolsonaro, who lost his re-election bid in October, once boasted he did not withdraw "a single penny" from the corporate credit cards given to him and his closest advisers.

The spending was broken down by date, amount, name of where the money was spent, and the category of the company being paid. The vast majority of spending was on hotels and food.

The list is dotted with oddities, with O Globo reporting Bolsonaro and his team spent a fortune on one single day buying 659 takeaway meals and 2,964 sandwiches at a restaurant in Roraima state.

The corporate cards are supposed to be used for travel expenses and small or urgent purchases, but money was also spent on hunting and fishing, sports equipment, sheets and bedding, and bottled gas.

Although Bolsonaro's spending has come under scrutiny, his total outlay of 32 million reais, when adjusted for inflation, is less than Lula's in both his first two terms between 2003 and 2011, and less than his successor Dilma Rousseff.

The Publica agency said one possible reason for the discrepancy was that some of Bolsonaro's spending remained hidden behind secrecy rules and had not yet been published.