Taking the fifth: Venezuela’s talks

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<p>Four previous resolution meetings involving President Nicolás Maduro have changed little. <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2021/09/04/nicolas-maduros-regime-and-the-venezuelan-opposition-meet-in-mexico?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This time</a> international backing and aligned incentives might at last spur fair elections. Madagascar already had it hard, but the coronavirus and repeated, brutal droughts have conspired to push the country’s south to the <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/madagascar-is-on-the-brink-of-famine/21804098?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">brink of famine</a>. And our obituaries editor reflects on war surgeon and hospital-builder <a href="https://www.economist.com/obituary/2021/09/04/obituary-gino-strada-believed-health-care-was-a-human-right?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gino Strada</a>.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>