Argentina votes Sunday in midterm legislative elections that serve as a report card for President Javier Milei鈥檚 economic policies. He tamed inflation, but now the economy is stalled, many are worse off, and corruption has emerged as an issue.
Clayton Collins
A ladder, a furniture hoist, an angle grinder. Seven minutes, in and out.
Nothing about grand theft is meant to be amusing. But the cinematic term 鈥渂razen heist鈥 got thrown around a lot this past week in connection with the broad-daylight lifting of more than $100 million in jewels from the Louvre in Paris. All that was missing was Inspector Clouseau.
鈥淥n top of it all, they managed to drop a bejeweled crown on their way out,鈥 says Colette Davidson, whose story today looks at French reactions to the crime. An American wag pointed to the robbery鈥檚 9:30 a.m. start time as a nod to European work-life balance. For their part, without a clear reason for fear, many Parisians exhibited a sharp, dismissive strain of French humor, Colette says. 鈥淚t was almost like these robbers were a bunch of jokesters instead of a skilled gang,鈥 she adds. 鈥淓veryone found it so humorous.鈥 In generally trying times, a little culturally calibrated relief.
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