Going gang-buster: we meet Ecuador’s president
Economist Podcasts
The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Yesterday’s arrest of a notorious gang leader is a win for Daniel Noboa. He assures our journalists he can beat back rampant transnational gangs without trampling democracy. The torrent of big geopolitical news has, perhaps surprisingly, not much moved the markets; we ask why. And the next instalment of our “Archive 1945” project revisits the founding of the United Nations.
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| 1:12.4 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 1:17.3 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:29.5 | As we've lurched from one giant news event to another, markets haven't dipped much or for long. In fact, yesterday, |
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| 1:53.8 | of the United Nations. But first... Footage from a body-worn camera shows a bearded man, his face pressed to a tiled floor. |
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