Perverting the course of justices: Mexico’s judiciary
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🗓️ 26 May 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Voters will be electing each and every one of the country’s judges—removing the last meaningful check on Morena, the ruling party. Nigeria has more people without electricity than any other country, but fixing that will be fiendishly difficult (7:50). And if it is so easy to order a takeaway pizza, why are home pizza ovens all the rage (14:11)?
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| 0:33.2 | biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be wearing or taking off. |
| 0:39.3 | The night will be wild and untamed. |
| 0:41.5 | Expect heavy, lashing rain that'll soak you to the skin. |
| 0:45.3 | By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching their peak in the afternoon. |
| 0:51.4 | Not in the mood for miserable weather? |
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| 0:55.1 | Sun Express. Sun Express, non-stop sunshine. |
| 1:05.2 | The Economist |
| 1:06.5 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 1:17.7 | And I'm Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:27.3 | Though Nigeria is known for being rich in oil, that doesn't translate into having a steady energy supply. |
| 1:33.3 | Power cuts are common, which is a drag in daily life, and an obstacle to the country's ambitions. |
| 1:39.3 | Our correspondent seek some light in the darkness. |
| 1:43.3 | And the hottest gadget of the summer, literally, is a backyard one-pita oven. |
| 1:49.0 | The results speak for themselves. |
| 1:51.0 | Our correspondent looks into why so many people go to the trouble of making the most easily had takeaway food on the planet. |
| 2:04.6 | But first... |
| 2:17.0 | The past year has been pretty good to Mexico's president, Claudia Shanebaum. |
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