The Intelligence: No more Mr Nice-to-Guyana
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 6 December 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
By the numbers, the outcome seems clear: Venezuelans voted to annex much of newly minted petrostate Guyana. But our correspondent says the referendum was mere electioneering by President Nicolás Maduro, with unimpressive results. Our obituaries editor remembers Saleemul Huq, who campaigned relentlessly on behalf of the most vulnerable countries (9:52). And just how much lighter the paycheques are for heavier workers (17:03).
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| 0:00.0 | With the highest number of young STEM graduates per capita in the EU, |
| 0:04.0 | Ireland has the people and skills your company needs to succeed here. |
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| 0:14.8 | to internationalize and thrive. Our talent is just one of the extraordinary benefits Ireland |
| 0:21.2 | has to offer. |
| 0:22.5 | Learn more at IDA Ireland.com. |
| 0:26.0 | Invest in Extraordinary. |
| 0:29.0 | B.P. is working to roll out EV charging hubs in the UK. |
| 0:36.0 | Yeah, I can see this coming on light, thank you. |
| 0:38.0 | All done. |
| 0:39.0 | And we're keeping oil and gas flowing from the North Sea. |
| 0:42.0 | It's and not all. |
| 0:45.0 | That's how BP is backing Britain. |
| 0:47.0 | Whilst today we're mostly an oil and gas, |
| 0:50.0 | we increased global annual investment into our lower carbon and other transition businesses |
| 0:54.4 | from around 3% in 2019 to around 30% in 2022. |
| 0:59.6 | BP.com slash and not all. The Economist. |
| 1:07.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. |
| 1:15.0 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 1:18.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:23.0 | This year's cup meeting began with a surprise, |
| 1:30.0 | a huge fund for the world's poorest countries to deal with the effects of climate change. |
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