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The son shines: elections in the Philippines
The son shines: elections in the Philippines
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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
May 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Voters in the Philippines choose a new president on Monday. The likely winner is a scion of one of the country’s most controversial families. Exxon struck oil off the coast of Guyana a few years back. How will becoming a petrostate change this small country on South America’s northern coast? And koalas are adorable but imperilled—by development, stray dogs and now, a quickly spreading bacterial infection.
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Released:
May 6, 2022
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Podcast episode
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