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A hundred years ago, a single event launched the modern artistic culture of brazil. When tylan's army seized power in 20 14, it vowed to clean up bancok streets. Our correspondent reckons street food is so central to the city's culture that campaign may never be complete. We ask how art to day is surviving the current president, nationalism and cultural asphyxia.

Last summer President Kais Saied nobbled the legislature; now he has abolished the judiciary. We ask where the country is headed, and why there is so little protest. Brazil’s modern-art scene, born a century ago this week, flourished despite rocky politics—but the current president has a chokehold on it. And the Thai army’s quixotic mission to evict Bangkok’s legendary street-food hawkers. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer