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From Chapo to Mencho: Mexico’s cartels

Economist Podcasts

The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Mexico’s new top cartel, led by a kingpin called El Mencho, has taken the country’s shocking violence to a terrifyingly brazen new level. In Tunisia, ten years after a self-immolation sparked the Arab Spring, voters are disillusioned with democracy and even nostalgic for the old days. And reflecting on the pianist who lost the use of his right hand, and reinvented his playing around his left. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Lane Green, filling in for Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh

1:13.6

perspective on the events shaping your world. Ten years ago, the self-immolation of a fruit

1:20.7

peddler in Tunisia sparked the beginning of the Arab Spring. But now, Tunisia itself, the most

1:27.3

promising country for democracy in the

1:29.1

Arab world, is disillusioned and even nostalgic for the past. And Leon Fleischer was at the

1:35.8

pinnacle of his career as a pianist when he gradually lost the use of his right hand. From despair

1:41.5

and unsuccessful treatments, he went on to reinvent his playing around his left hand.

1:47.8

Our obituaries editor looks back on his remarkable transformation.

1:55.8

But first...

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