The son shines: elections in the Philippines
The Intelligence from The Economist 
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Voters in the Philippines choose a new president on Monday. The <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/05/07/another-ferdinand-marcos-is-set-to-become-president-of-the-philippines?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">likely winner</a> is a scion of one of the country’s most controversial families. Exxon struck oil off the coast of <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2022/03/26/guyanas-tiny-population-braces-for-a-gusher-of-petrodollars?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Guyana</a> a few years back. How will becoming a petrostate change this small country on South America’s northern coast? And <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/05/05/australian-scientists-are-jabbing-koalas-against-chlamydia?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">koalas</a> are adorable but imperilled—by development, stray dogs and now, a quickly spreading bacterial infection. <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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