Source: The Progressive
by Hilary Goodfriend & Alexander Main
“This week Mexico’s former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, or AMLO, handed over the reins to Claudia Sheinbaum, a close ally in his Morena party and the country’s first female head of state. While Lopez Obrador is leaving office with soaring approval ratings, and has overseen significant reductions in poverty and unemployment, recent articles and op-eds use terms like ‘authoritarian’ and ‘autocratic’ to describe his legacy. The criticism of AMLO and Morena’s supposed ‘authoritarian bent’ has centered on a recently approved package of constitutional reforms to Mexico’s judicial system. The Editorial Board of The Washington Post declared that ‘at stake are judicial independence and the rule of law,’ and The Economist warned that ‘in America’s biggest trading partner the rule of law and democracy are under attack.'” (10/02/24)
https://progressive.org/latest/let-mexico-reform-its-judiciary-goodfriend-main-20241001/