The election of Obrador halts the project that led to the social disaster

São Paulo – "The victory of Andrés Manuel López Obrador is a very clear demonstration of the collapse of neoliberalism as a political and economic alternative for the countries of Latin America." The opinion is Igor Fuser, Professor of International Relations at the Federal University of ABC.

Obrador was elected President of Mexico after winning the elections on Sunday (1st). Member of the National Regeneration Movement Party (Morena), he was previously mayor of Mexico City (2000-2005). The election has resonated around the world. According to the Spanish newspaper El País "for the first time, an experienced politician as a social and left-leaning leader will dominate the most populous Spanish-speaking country, the second-largest economy in Latin America. 19659002] Igor Fuser recalls that Mexico has applied neoliberal revenues for 20 years, with privatizations, deregulation of the economy, dismantling of the welfare system, reducing the presence of the state in the economy, abandoning its own development projects. "This program is causing a social disaster in Mexico."

Thanks to this policy, the country is living in increasing poverty and the population is short of prospects. An important part of youth finds in drug trafficking a survival alternative. In addition, part of the poor population seeks immigration to the United States as a means of survival and access to something that is at least close to a decent life.

"Mexico is plunged into a social war, police and military operations.Immigration is no longer a path, because immigration policy in the United States is now refractory to the entry of immigrants. "The symbol of this is Donald Trump's plan to build a wall at the border," says Professor Ufabc. "The mbadive vote that Lopez Obrador received is a vote for life.The current project in Mexico, the same as Temer and the putschists in Brazil, is a project of death and destruction. "

For Igor Fuser, Obrador can begin to reverse the situation of" social disaster " by simple measures, from the beginning, starting to develop social rights advocacy, public education and public health policies, protection of people in extreme poverty, contain privatization Mexican oil, turning the government on fense of national sovereignty, so that the country is able to formulate its own policies without being limited to "obeying the orders of Washington."

"For many years the Brazilian neoliberal media presented Mexico as a model of 39, a modern country that has adapted to the world of globalization, hiding the real Mexico, Mexico from misery, social exclusion, industrial retrogression, the blockade of any development policy. , in the election of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, "says Igor Fuser.

In a speech after confirming his election, the elected president said that he will not betray" the trust that millions of Mexicans have placed in me. "" I will not fail you, I will not disappoint you, I will not betray people ", according to the Telesur Network

With the election, a nine-decade hegemony of the PRI and PAN in power Obrador badumed the presidency on December 1.