Steal girders: Brazil’s fraught coming election
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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President Jair Bolsonaro, an unabashed fan of Donald Trump, is telegraphing that he may not accept a loss in the October election—there is too much at stake for him and his family. The West has a delicate chance to stem the tide of Russian weapons that have long been pouring into India. And why America is rebranding a much-maligned fish.
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| 1:12.9 | A decade ago, India bought most of its weapons from Russia. |
| 1:17.5 | That chair has since declined to half, and Western officials would like to see it fall even further. |
| 1:22.8 | But that is proving much easier said than done. |
| 1:28.0 | And 60 years ago, New Zealanders worried that Americans would be leery of eating something |
| 1:32.9 | called a Chinese gooseberry, however good it tasted. |
| 1:36.7 | So they changed the name to Kiwi, now officials are trying a similar approach with a fish. |
| 1:43.2 | Fried Kopey anyone? |
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