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The Briefing - Who is El Salvador’s self-proclaimed ‘cool dictator’?
5 February 2024
We discuss the landslide re-election of El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele. Plus: a flick through today’s papers with Fernando Augusto Pacheco and highlights from the London Critics’ Circle Awards.
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After the storm
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The Late Edition, episode 261
29 October 2012
We ask why Switzerland is soft on Belarus’s dictator, get the latest on Brazil’s mayoral elections, and report from New York on super storm Sandy.
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The Foreign Desk - Explainer 124: Why is Spain digging up its past?
18 July 2018
Spain’s socialist government is planning to exhume the body of the country’s former dictator, Francisco Franco. Although controversial, is this an opportunity for the nation to move on from Franco’s divisive legacy?
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The Late Edition - Tuesday 12 May
12 May 2020
Could coronavirus dictate the result of November’s US election? Plus: Germany’s scientists during the pandemic and how to do social distancing animal-style.
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The Globalist, episode 439
4 July 2013
The latest from Egypt, we hear about former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré’s upcoming trial in Senegal, and find out why one Russian politician would very much like to turn CCTV cameras on the police.
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The Briefing - Thursday 29 August
29 August 2019
Is Boris Johnson behaving like a dictator? Plus: Mitt Romney’s former campaign chief on the Democratic candidates for 2020, headlines from Japan and we find out why an Indian judge thinks ‘War and Peace’ is dangerous.
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The Globalist - Wednesday 25 September
25 September 2019
Has UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s position become untenable after yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling? Plus: an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, digging up a dictator and is Michelin moribund?
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The Monocle Daily, episode 664
22 May 2014
The latest from the European elections, we discuss whether seaplanes are the future of domestic air travel on the American east coast, and hear why dictators desire are partial to marble and gold.
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The Monocle Weekly, episode 122
23 October 2011
Our new two-hour Weekly hears from Peter York on the rise and fall of dictator chic and from a former Libyan princess about the future of her country.
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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 147: Vienna and Joseph Stalin
11 March 2019
Many monuments to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin quickly dismantled or destroyed after his death. Today Vienna is home to the only remaining memorial to the communist leader in western Europe.
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The Foreign Desk - Explainer 227: Why Belarus’s presidential election might actually matter
5 August 2020
This weekend’s presidential election in Belarus might not lead to the demise of Europe’s last dictator. But, as tensions rise domestically and with neighbouring Russia, Andrew Mueller explains why it is worth monitoring.