Judge, jury and executive: another power-grab in Tunisia

<p>Last summer President Kais Saied nobbled the legislature; now he has abolished the judiciary. We ask where the country <a href="https://espresso.economist.com/8218219cb109041baf61ea3cf8b7dd7e?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">is headed</a>, and why there is so little protest. Brazil’s modern-art scene, born a century ago this week, <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2022/02/12/how-the-cannibal-manifesto-changed-brazil?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">flourished</a> despite rocky politics—but the current president has a chokehold on it. And the Thai army’s quixotic <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/02/12/bangkok-is-trying-to-evict-its-street-hawkers?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mission</a> to evict Bangkok’s legendary street-food hawkers. 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></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>