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The Intelligence from The Economist

Lights out: Venezuela’s blackout

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

Global News, Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Power cuts in Caracas have endangered lives and deepened the misery of Venezuelans. It’s another sign of the corruption that pervades the Maduro regime. Also, how do you make a 10,000 ton ship disappear? And the Hebrew bible - otherwise known as the old testament - gets a fresh new translation. Music courtesy of Ethan James McCollum

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0:00.0

News of the global climate crisis can leave us feeling helpless.

0:05.0

Too much negativity can trigger our eco-anxiety, leaving us paralyzed when we need to act.

0:11.2

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0:15.8

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0:22.0

could remove 1.5 million tons of CO2 from the air every year.

0:27.3

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0:33.3

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0:37.0

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0:46.4

Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

0:50.0

I'm your host Anne McElvoy, in for Jason Palmer.

0:53.6

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:00.3

The task of demolishing vast ships at the end of their useful lives is a tricky and a dirty one.

1:06.5

But now new techniques are transforming the art of ship-unbuilding.

1:12.3

He saw and Jacob are still having that family feud,

1:15.7

but a new translation of the Hebrew Bible from a renowned scholar,

1:19.4

he's putting some old stories in a new light.

1:28.2

First up though.

1:33.2

After nearly a week without electricity, power is being restored to parts of Venezuela.

1:40.2

The outages plunged a country already paralysed by severe shortages and hyperinflation,

1:45.8

deeper into crisis.

1:48.3

Electric pumps stopped working, leaving people desperate for water,

1:52.6

while fresh food rotted in the heat.

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