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The Intelligence from The Economist

Alms held up: Venezuela

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

News, Global News, Daily News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Venezuela is in dire need of humanitarian aid, and Juan Guaidó, the interim president, has pledged to deliver it tomorrow. Will Nicolás Maduro, the dictatorial leader still formally in power, let him? Ahead of Warren Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders, we look back on a half-century’s-worth of wisdom from the “Sage of Omaha”. And in Japan, longer lives are leading to more books by and for the elderly.

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0:00.0

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0:03.2

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0:27.1

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0:41.6

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0:49.6

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host Jason Palmer.

0:54.4

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:03.3

Every year since 1965 a genial gentleman from Nebraska has put his thoughts into a long letter.

1:09.5

Tomorrow he'll put out another one and hundreds of thousands of people can't wait to see it.

1:14.7

Our correspondence and editors weigh in on Warren Buffett's wisdom.

1:18.8

And there's tremendous growth in a genre of Japanese literature.

1:23.5

Books written by and for the elderly. But as lives grow longer the young two are getting a peak at what lies ahead.

1:41.8

First up though.

1:43.5

Tomorrow is the deadline set by Juan Guaidó widely viewed as the interim president of Venezuela

1:52.3

for humanitarian aid to be delivered to the impoverished country.

1:55.9

Venezuela has been facing rampant hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicine

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