The path of increased resistance: Myanmar
The Intelligence from The Economist 
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Protests against February’s military coup are only growing, even as the army becomes more murderous. The economy is paralysed. <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/04/15/myanmar-could-be-asias-next-failed-state?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What can be done</a> to put the country back together? In Cuba, the end of the Castro-family era is <a href="https://espresso.economist.com/af78d2a38e4953c40fe70c54195c83b3?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nigh</a>; a new leader inherits a cratered economy and an ambitious vaccine-development effort. And some surprising road-fatality <a href="https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/04/03/americans-are-driving-less-but-more-are-dying-in-accidents?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">statistics</a> from America. 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> <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>
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