Ione Wells
speaker
364 appearances
21 recordings
3 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 17 Aug
Ione Wells’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Right now, making money is more important to me.
I actually need to expand my income sources and cut my costs.
Also, I don't know for how long this new job can sustain me in the future.
A bad economic environment like this makes people feel down because we are not earning very much.
People save more than they consume.
And you need the consumption to make up a bigger share of the economy than it's doing today in China.
So you have a very export-oriented and investment-driven economy.
And what we see now is that these parts are too big for the economy to stay healthy.
Think back to your first phone, your first best friend, your first kiss.
I'm the host of What In The World, a daily podcast from the BBC World Service.
And we've done a special episode for the documentary, bringing you two stories about the past, including a very personal memory of my first kiss.
These wars were anything but glamorous.
For some of them, the death in battle would have been a relief.
Bolivia is facing severe fuel shortages, long queues at petrol stations, a lack of US dollars and soaring inflation.
After years of economic decline and infighting within the ruling Socialist Party, many voters wanted change.
Rodrigo Paz Pereira, a centrist senator, ran on the slogan capitalism for all.
He pledged free market reforms, including lowering some taxes and import tariffs while keeping social programs for the poorest.
I want to talk about security now as well. This January, Ecuador saw a record number of homicides. Is your iron fist approach to tackling this, militarizing the streets and prisons, not working?
I've spoken to some people here in Ecuador who, as a result of criminal gang violence, have had to witness relatives of theirs being mutilated by criminal gangs. Do you empathise with people who just want to flee the country? They feel it's too violent for them here.
You've recently announced a partnership with the military contractor Eric Prince to help your war on crime. What is this partnership for? Is he going to be bringing mercenaries to Ecuador to help fight violent gangs? Are these the special forces from abroad that you've said are coming soon?
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