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A stretch and a run: Brazil’s ex-president returns

The Intelligence from The Economist
The Intelligence from The Economist
Episode • Apr 12, 2022 • 22m

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left office with a sky-high approval rating, having raised millions from poverty—but was then convicted of corruption. Now he wants his old job back. Forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields, once widespread, is swiftly vanishing. And an old hypothesis confirmed: birds get more colourful the closer they live to the equator.

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