Editor’s Picks: May 23rd 2019

<p>A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party has <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/05/25/what-narendra-modi-should-do-next" target="_blank">won a second landslide victory</a>. The prime minister, Narendra Modi, should make better use of his latest triumph. Can China, home to half the world’s pigs, curb the <a href="https://www.economist.com/china/2019/05/25/african-swine-fever-hits-china-home-of-half-the-worlds-pigs" target="_blank">epidemic of African swine flu</a> (6’28)? And Brazil faces painful disagreement over how to commemorate its <a href="https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2019/05/25/for-some-in-brazil-commemorating-slavery-is-vital" target="_blank">history of slavery</a> (12’54)</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>