Photograph by Manuel Velásquez/Getty Images Andrés Manuel López Obrador elected president in 2018 Mexican General Elections. He not only became president with a huge margin and %53 of the vote, …
Corruption in Mexico Under AMLO
No one likes corruption. If there was one topic every voter, no matter the political ideology, could agree upon it would be their disdain for corruption. So, why is it still around in countries like …
Mexico: A Definite Delegative Democracy
In 2018 Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) and his political party, MORENA, historically won not only the Mexican Presidential election but also the Senate and the lower house. Many have been …
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Reshuffling “Bad Apples”: Mexico’s Issue With Security
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) and his promises of maintaining security have been minimal at best as Mexico reached an all-time high of homicides in 2019 and has experienced recent increased rates …
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AMLO’s Amnesty Proposal: How Government Pardon in Mexico Adds Fuel to the Fire
Mere weeks before assuming office as the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, often referred to as AMLO, published an eight-pillared plan for the construction of a peaceful future for the …
¡Juntos haremos historia!: The Case of AMLO and Mexican Populism
“[G]overnment is in principle democratic, in (liberal) theory mixed, and in practice oligarchic”-Michael Walzer- The use of populist techniques has set president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador …
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