Latin lessons: two contrasting elections
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Ecuador and Guatemala faced similar preoccupations with violence and corruption—one of Ecuador’s candidates was assassinated on the campaign trail—but their electoral outcomes were very different. What does that reveal about the region? Once rare in America, leprosy is on the rise again, particularly in Florida (8:04). And how Singapore leads the charge for “alternative proteins” (14:08).
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there. I'm off this week. |
| 0:04.6 | Apparently we're more productive at work after a good holiday. |
| 0:12.1 | So I'm counting this Caribbean rum distillery tour as professional development. |
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| 1:06.2 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist. |
| 1:09.4 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:10.6 | And I'm Oraire Ogunbe. |
| 1:12.4 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:19.5 | As much as epidemiology has progressed, only one human disease, smallpox, has been completely eradicated. |
| 1:27.0 | Many others that seem like distant history |
| 1:29.3 | continue to spread and flare up. We investigate the return of leprosy to Florida. |
| 1:35.3 | And worries about the burden of animal produce on the climate and our health is driving a wave |
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