Many countries in the region have shifted right, and the Chavista experiment is imploding in Venezuela. No doubt, AMLO is an anomaly in Latin America. She predicts that López Obrador will follow a non-interventionist foreign policy, adopting the “old Estrada Doctrine of staying out of something that other democratic countries in the hemisphere and elsewhere believe is critical…I think he is very much a domestic president.” Jacobson pointed out that AMLO faces little domestic pressure to join the majority of countries pushing to oust Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela. “To the extent that AMLO continues to defend all of his actions and explain them as anti-corruption measures they will be popular.” “There isn’t anybody else out there who has any standing to really speak to the corruption issue, which was number one in Mexico,” highlights Jacobson. Inside Mexico, AMLO faces little competition from an opposition wracked by fragmentation and corruption scandals. I can’t see that López Obrador and Trump continue to be in sync on critical issues like migration, like security, like counter-narcotics, as I see each of them having to defend their positions with widely differing constituencies.” “I think this is a bromance that is destined to sour. Jacobson doubts it can last, especially with elections in 2020 looming large for Trump, and Mexicans too tempting a target to rally his base. Perhaps the biggest surprise so far from AMLO’s presidency is his positive relationship with President Trump. It’s very diverse, and it’s got a lot of international players,” who along with smaller Mexican businesses may welcome a new set of rules that isn’t skewed to the country’s traditional captains of industry. Jacobson notes that AMLO “continues to demonize the business community” and has moreover “moved onto the regulators, some of the very independent institutions that I think the business community desperately wants to see in Mexico in order to safeguard investments and level the playing field.” Still, she points out, “The business community in Mexico is not monolithic. “You’ve got a situation that I think had begun as mutually convenient and beneficial…to something that is much more wary, if not downright hostile right now,” says Jacobson. Although Mexico in recent years has hawked itself as investor-friendly and open-for-business, AMLO kicked off his presidency by cancelling plans to build a new airport and suspended oil bids and then auctions for renewables. AMLO is doing exactly what he said would, often in dramatic fashion. “We have to go back to the old line about someone telling you who they are: believe them,” says Jacobson. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere and now Senior Advisor to Albright Stonebridge Group, joins Peter Schechter and Muni Jensen at Altamar to explain why the country could be in for a bumpy ride. He’s hugely popular and transforming the political landscape in Mexico.īut as AMLO seeks to reshape the world’s eleventh largest economy in his image, there are strains everywhere. Openly hostile to big business, an advocate for government intervention in all sectors of Mexican life, a nationalist and anti-establishment to his core, AMLO has kept his campaign promises during his first 100 days in office, and people love it so far. For more information on how this works, click here.ġ8 U.S.C.Andrés Manuel López Obrador rode a wave of popular support during his first 100 days – but the jury’s still out on Mexico’s future.Īndrés Manuel López Obrador, best known as AMLO, is unlike any leader Mexico has seen in recent history. As a member of Gay Chat City, your profile will automatically be shown on related gay chat sites or to related users in the network at no additional charge. Gay Chat City is part of the chat network, which includes many other general and gay chat sites. Further, all members of this dating site MUST be 18 years or older. Charges will accrue if you purchase a premium membership which is offered upon completion of your profile.Īll members and/or models displayed on this website were 18 years or older at the time the image was submitted to this web property in accordance with federal laws.
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