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Poll vaulter: Brazil’s surprise election result

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The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Jair Bolsonaro, the incumbent president, did unexpectedly well—giving his campaign a boost and foreshadowing a tough run-up to the second round. Malawi’s incipient democracy stands as a shining regional example, but remaking its economy has proved even harder than ousting its undemocratic leader. And why one tank is a particularly handsome prize amid Ukraine’s growing pile of captured Russian kit.

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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. Today, from London, I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

1:10.1

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

1:17.9

In Malawi, the memories of beatings and shootings from three years ago are still fresh.

1:23.8

The democracy that bloomed from that violent transition is held up as a regional success story.

1:29.4

Remaking Malawi's economy, though, is proving harder still.

1:35.0

And Ukraine's forces have won lots of Russian military kit in the course of the invasion.

1:40.8

Much of it isn't of great interest, but one particular tank will prove a tremendous prize,

1:46.0

in the current conflict and during any future Russian adventurism.

1:50.0

First up, though.

1:56.0

From months, polls in Brazil had been predicting an end to the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro.

2:13.8

Last night, almost 120 million votes were counted across the country,

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