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Forgoing the distance: covid-19 spreads in Brazil

Forgoing the distance: covid-19 spreads in Brazil

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist


Forgoing the distance: covid-19 spreads in Brazil

FromThe Intelligence from The Economist

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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Jun 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Even those who can distance themselves are unsure whether to do so—in part because President Jair Bolsonaro mocks the science and rails against lockdowns. The private-equity industry has ballooned since the last financial crisis; does that make it weaker or stronger in this one? And our correspondent investigates a Mexican-mummy mystery. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer
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Released:
Jun 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Get a daily burst of global illumination from The Economist’s worldwide network of correspondents as they dig past the headlines to get to the stories beneath—and to stories that aren’t making headlines, but should be.