The Intelligence: Drug gateway
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
A visit to a port of entry at America’s Mexican border reveals the difficulties in stopping the flood of fentanyl—a cheap, potent and ever more deadly drug. Javier Milei, Argentina’s president, is looking to blunt measures to escape an economic morass; our correspondent says he should instead look to Peru’s past (10:43). And remembering Robert Badinter, who killed off France’s guillotine (17:17).
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm currently out of office. |
| 0:04.4 | An article I read recently said we're more relaxed and more productive after a good break. |
| 0:14.4 | So I've gone to Barbados for a month for science. |
| 0:22.4 | Yours, Toby. |
| 0:24.2 | Take your holiday as seriously as British Airways holidays take your holiday. |
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| 1:05.5 | The Economist. |
| 1:15.6 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:17.3 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 1:22.7 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:31.9 | We've long been telling you about Javier Malay, now Argentina's president, and his chainsaw approach to solving his country's economic crisis. |
| 1:36.1 | Our correspondent says he should put down the power tools and instead take lessons from |
| 1:40.6 | Peru's past plight. And when you think of the guillotine in France, you probably think of the French Revolution, but it was in use all the way until 1977. |
| 1:53.0 | We reflect on the life of Robert Badinter, the Justice Minister responsible for the end to capital punishment in France. |
| 2:00.0 | But responsible for the end to capital punishment in France. |
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