Mexico is at an inflection point. Decades of trying to establish a real democracy are on the verge of going to waste if the ruling party gains enough seats to control both houses with 2/3 of the seats and wins the presidency. Amazing how closely it mirrors the maga curse that lays over the US right now. Their politics is also splitting families and friends with the charismatic leader no longer eligible for election but still driving the populist train trying to amend the constitution to remove any and all protection from his opponents All those western companies that built plants in Mexico and made major investments there have to be thinking WTH. Drug cartels are now in their best position ever to just take over the gubmnt of Mexico. Mexico votes to pick its first woman president as violence clouds election campaign | AP News The battle lines are drawn: the ruling Morena Party already holds the governorships of 23 of the country’s 32 states, and is going for them all. It already has a simple majority in both houses of Congress, and wants a two-thirds majority so it can amend the Constitution at will. It is hard to describe how chilling that is for some Mexicans who spent more than four decades trying to build a formal democracy, with checks and balances, watchdog agencies and strict electoral rules, almost all of which Morena has said it would like to defund or eliminate if it gets the chance. ......................... López Obrador says fighting the drug cartels — which have taken over large swaths of Mexico, extorting protection money from all walks of life — is a foreign idea, one imposed on Mexico by the United States. He has opted instead for a “hugs not bullets” approach and limiting cooperation with U.S. authorities in fighting the gangs. ...................... About 27 candidates — mostly running for mayor or town councils — have been killed so far this year. While that number is not much higher than in some past elections, what is unprecedented is the mass shootings: candidates used to be murdered in direct attacks that killed only them, but now criminals have taken to spraying whole campaign events with gunfire. And, as international studies professor Carlos A. Pérez Ricart notes, “where there are no shootings, it’s because (local government) institutions have already been taken over” by the cartels.
That’s bad news for us on the border. Have to think the us will want to take a more active role against that at some point.
bad news when us companies start pulling out and their economy spirals downward. Im sure China would be happy to step in and be their new friend. Mexico already threatening to nationalize Vulcan materials and offering pennies on the dollar for the company and their deepwater port to turn it into a cruise terminal US company rejects Mexico's criticism, buy-out offer, says president's projects hurt the environment - ABC News (go.com) An American quarry company on Monday rejected the Mexican president's campaign of criticisms and closures, as well as his offer to buy its property on the Caribbean coast. In July, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador offered to buy the American company’s Caribbean coast property for about $385 million amid a bitter, years-long dispute. Alabama-based Vulcan Materials said in a statement Monday that offer “substantially undervalues our assets.” In papers filed on the case in an international arbitration panel, Vulcan Materials valued the almost 6,000-acre (2,400 hectare) property, located just south of the resort town of Playa del Carmen, at $1.9 billion. The Mexican president has in the past threatened to expropriate the extensive property, claiming the pits it has dug to extract crushed limestone have damaged the fragile system of underground rivers and caves in the area.
A destabilized Mexico is not in our interests, Ripe for exploitation by our enemies ( Russia, China, Iran, North Korea etc)
I'm embarrassingly uneducated in contemporary Mexican politics. Sounds like I need to fix that ASAP. Is there a substantial number of Mexicans voting him in, or is this more of an autogolpe?
I think the basic thing to know about Mexican politics is that the PRI basically did everything the OP says AMLO is trying to do already. They ran the country for like 70 years uninterrupted, never losing elections until 2000. Then came back in power only 12 years later. And then AMLO won in 2018. AMLO was a change from the status quo of Mexican politics, and I suppose is simply just doing PRI type politics now, attempting to become the status quo.
How Mexico's historic election could impact immigration to US David Abraham, a law professor at the University of Miami who specializes in immigration, told Newsweek that a Sheinbaum administration would be more heavily committed to an international human rights framework because it's a basis for Mexico's position in the global South, with other national interests including securing its own border again Central and South American migrants. ......... Immigration lawyer Rosanna Berardi told Newsweek that a Sheinbaum victory could translate to a larger focus on the humane treatment and protection of migrants, potentially advocating for improved conditions and support for those awaiting asylum decisions under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). Other priorities may include enhanced border security measures and collaboration with U.S. authorities to combat human trafficking and organized crime, in addition to bilateral discussions on addressing the root causes of migration such as economic development and security in Central America. "A victory for Sheinbaum could result in a more predictable and streamlined process for asylum seekers and migrants," Berardi said. "We might witness improved conditions and protections for those awaiting asylum decisions in Mexico, thereby reducing the legal and humanitarian challenges we currently face.
Sheinbaum won easily. Mexico basically voting to have AOC succeed Bernie Sanders, kinda envious given our politics lol.
This was an interesting nugget for the 'minimum wage is too high' people. A Big Mac was still $5 in a country with a $2 minimum wage, only 50 cents cheaper than the US
"Other priorities may include enhanced border security measures and collaboration with U.S. authorities to combat human trafficking and organized crime, in addition to bilateral discussions on addressing the root causes of migration such as economic development and security in Central America." I'll believe that when I see it. Hope she's not on 'the take' like everyone else in that disgusting corrupt country.
shes from the hugs not bullets camp in dealing with the cartels. oddly enough, overwhelmingly it was the party that oppose dher that had so many candidates and journalist executed by cartels
Yes, it actually is. You just need a medical card in most states. Last I checked 38 states allow for “medical use”. 24 states allow for “recreational use”.
