Everyone Loves AMLO, But Will They Love Who Comes Next?
Just as the world becomes more like him, a challenger has emerged who emulates the Mexican president’s populist methods.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador cheers his supporters at Zocalo Square in Mexico City.
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On a Saturday afternoon in early July, Mexico City’s vast Zócalo square was packed wall-to-wall with supporters gathered to mark the fifth anniversary of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s election to the presidency.
Not many political leaders can draw on such devotion, let alone in the final year of their mandate. Still less can they expect the world to have shifted their way, from globalization toward domestic self-resilience, bolstering the economy and adding an air of validity to policy choices once dismissed as idiosyncratic.