Giorgia on my mind: Italy’s far-right government
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Italians have voted decisively for a coalition of right-wing parties, with Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, the likely next prime minister. What this means for Italy, Europe and the war in Ukraine remains unclear. Latin American prisons are awful and getting worse. And a surprising hit film makes Chinese authorities nervous.
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| 1:05.7 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events, shaping your world. |
| 1:13.8 | Prison population. we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. Prison populations have boomed across Latin America over the past two decades. |
| 1:18.7 | While the region is violent, most prisoners are poor people locked up for low-level crimes |
| 1:24.0 | such as theft. Conditions are appalling, and they're getting worse. |
| 1:30.3 | And Chinese films tend to be blockbusters, often with patriotic themes. But one recent release |
| 1:36.8 | told the story of a poor rural couple's struggles. It became a surprise hit, which seems to have |
| 1:42.6 | made authorities nervous. But first. |
| 1:48.0 | Italy is on course to have elected its most right-wing government since the Second World War. |
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