Mexico’s Opposition Searches for a Winning Message
Traditional parties are in the political wilderness. Could emulating Biden’s 2020 run beat AMLO’s movement?
Can anyone beat the lopezobradorista juggernaut With just under three years left in his nonrenewable six-year presidential term, Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) maintains a stranglehold on Mexican politics. The economy is sputtering, homicide rates are stuck at the highest level on record – but the president’s approval has been holding steady at just above 60%. Meanwhile, the opposition is in disarray. What will it take for AMLO’s rivals to get their act together One obstacle is the fact that the president’s straight-talking, anti-establishment stance continues...
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