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The Real Problem With ‘Mexico’s Trump’
The long thaw with Washington is likely over when López Obrador is elected president.
Power to the populist.
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Mexico goes to the polls this Sunday to choose its next president. Barring a last-minute surprise, the winner will be Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a populist candidate who has sometimes styled himself as a foil to Donald Trump.
Among the losers may be a bipartisan, multi-decade success story: steadily improving relations between Mexico and the U.S.