The Economist

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

I'm Rosie Bloor.

And I'm Jason Palmer.

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

Though Nigeria is known for being rich in oil, that doesn't translate into having a steady energy supply.

Power cuts are common, which is a drag in daily life, and an obstacle to the country's ambitions.

Our correspondent seek some light in the darkness.

And the hottest gadget of the summer, literally, is a backyard one pizza oven.

The results speak for themselves.

Our correspondent looks into why so many people go to the trouble of making the most

easily had takeaway food on the planet.

But first...

The past year has been pretty good to Mexico's president, Claudia Sheenbaum.

She won a landslide victory last June and took office in October.

She's enjoyed high approval ratings from the public.

Her security policies, focusing on better intelligence,

are more successful than those of her predecessor. And she's come out well in what might easily

have been a nasty bust-up with a capricious neighbor. And I spoke to the president of Mexico,

a wonderful woman. Too bad then that her next big plan for the country is so fundamentally flawed.

A few countries elect a handful of judges, mainly to lower court.

But on June the 1st, Mexicans will vote in the first of two rounds of elections to replace the judiciary from top to bottom.

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