This chapter discusses the recent elections in Guatemala and Ecuador, highlighting the challenges of violence and corruption in both countries, the potential legal challenges faced by the winning candidate in Guatemala, and the uncertainty surrounding the untested candidate in Ecuador.
Ecuador and Guatemala faced similar preoccupations with violence and corruption—one of Ecuador’s candidates was assassinated on the campaign trail—but their electoral outcomes were very different. What does that reveal about the region? Once rare in America, leprosy is on the rise again, particularly in Florida (8:04). And how Singapore leads the charge for “alternative proteins” (14:08).
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