The Dig: AMLO Shatters Mexican Establishment
Leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador, or AMLO, won an overwhelming victory in Mexico's presidential election, shattering a corrupt, old party system that brought ordinary Mexicans rampant violence and economic immiseration.
July 7, 2018
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July 7, 2018
The Dig: AMLO Shatters Mexican Establishment
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The Dig: AMLO Shatters Mexican Establishment
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<p>Leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador, or AMLO, won an overwhelming victory in Mexico's presidential election, shattering a corrupt, old party system that brought ordinary Mexicans rampant violence and economic immiseration. But AMLO faces powerful political and economic constraints once in office—including some of his own making. Dan's guest is Christy Thornton, a professor of sociology and Latin American studies at Johns Hopkins. During the last week, she was an election observer for the Scholar and Citizen Network for Democracy in Mexico.</p>
<p>Thanks to Verso. Check out Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis by George Monbiot, now out in paperback <a href="http://versobooks.com/books/2732-out-of-the-wreckage" rel="nofollow">versobooks.com/books/2732-out-of-the-wreckage</a> George did a Dig interview too <a href="http://blubrry.com/thedig/34202825/telling-a-new-story-with-george-monbiot/" rel="nofollow">blubrry.com/thedig/34202825/telling-a-new-story-with-george-monbiot/</a></p>
<p>And Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump by Asad Haider <a href="http://versobooks.com/books/2716-mistaken-identity" rel="nofollow">versobooks.com/books/2716-mistaken-identity</a></p>
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<p>You can find lots of great left Latin America news in English at <a href="nacla.org" rel="nofollow">nacla.org</a></p>
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