Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

In New York, I'm your host, John Fassman.

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

A decade ago, India bought most of its weapons from Russia.

That chair has since declined to half, and Western officials would like to see it fall even

further.

But that is proving much easier said than done.

And 60 years ago, New Zealanders worried that Americans would be leery of eating something

called a Chinese gooseberry.

However good it tasted.

So they changed the name to Kiwi.

Now officials are trying a similar approach with a fish.

Fried copi anyone?

At first.

On January 6, 2021, the world saw what happened when a populist president mobilized his supporters

and refused to accept the outcome of an election he clearly lost.

Now fears are growing that the world may soon witness something similar, thousands of

miles south in Brazil.

So we know that Jaiobol Senorai does not want to lose this election.

Georgia Banjo is a foreign correspondent for the Economist.

We know that he is perhaps worried that he might lose this election.

And we know that he is most likely considering what he will do if he does lose this election.

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