Going gang-buster: we meet Ecuador’s president
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The Economist
4.4 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:00.0 | This is the 1733 to Manchester Piccadilly, calling at, |
| 0:07.0 | thank the team over email for a great meeting. |
| 0:10.0 | Finally, close your laptop. |
| 0:13.0 | Crack open that novel your MD recommended. |
| 0:16.0 | Try to read a page, sigh and close it. |
| 0:19.0 | Scroll through cap memes instead. |
| 0:22.0 | There's always tomorrow. |
| 0:24.8 | Business travel by train is time well spent with the Vanti West Coast. |
| 0:35.2 | The Economist. |
| 0:40.3 | No. The Economist. Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:45.3 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 0:47.3 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:56.4 | As we've lurched from one giant news event to another, |
| 1:00.1 | markets haven't dipped much or for long. |
| 1:03.3 | In fact, yesterday, the S&P 500 and NASDAQ closed near record highs. |
| 1:08.9 | It shows a surprising truth about animal spirits. |
| 1:11.6 | Big geopolitical trauma just doesn't keep them down. |
| 1:15.6 | And the next installment of our Archive 1945 project, |
| 1:20.6 | which relives the economists reporting on the last days of war in Europe. |
| 1:25.6 | This week, 80 years ago, the founding of the United Nations. |
| 1:30.3 | But first... |
| 1:34.3 | Footage from a body-worn camera shows a bearded man, his face pressed to a tiled floor. |
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