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Digital highlights, January 21st 2012
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Brazil’s elder statesman Fernando Henrique Cardoso brought macroeconomic stability to Brazil as finance minister and then as president. A distinguished sociologist in his former life, he shares his thoughts on Brazil’s multiracial culture, the drug war and his relationship...
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Busted trust
Economist
TRUST me, I’m a politician, has never been a terribly convincing argument at the best of times, and trust me, I’m a businessman has rarely been much better. But as the global political and corporate elite head to...
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Investigating the investigatorprevaricaciónprevaricador
Economist
A FRESCO on the ceiling of Madrid's Supreme Court shows a menacing scene of Goya-inspired intensity, with knife-wielding savages and children being throttled to death. On a wall a large sculpture depicts the crucifixion of Jesus.As the country's...
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Italy's great liberaliser?
Economist
ITALY's prime minister, Mario Monti, is due to arrive in London tomorrow on the latest stage of a diplomatic offensive that has once again made his country a leading player in the euro-zone crisis.Before the next European Union...