From Chapo to Mencho: Mexico’s cartels

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Mexico’s new top cartel, led by a kingpin called <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2020/08/15/how-will-mexicos-president-handle-el-mencho-a-kingpin-on-the-rise" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">El Mencho</a>, has taken the country’s shocking violence to a terrifyingly brazen new level. In <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/08/13/in-tunisia-cradle-of-the-arab-spring-protesters-want-jobs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tunisia</a>, ten years after a self-immolation sparked the Arab Spring, voters are disillusioned with democracy and even nostalgic for the old days. And reflecting on <a href="https://www.economist.com/obituary/2020/08/15/leon-fleisher-died-on-august-2nd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the pianist</a> who lost the use of his right hand, and reinvented his playing around his left. 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>