Latin American socialism takes a new lease of life with AMLO

With the arrival of socialism in Mexico, progressive governments should join forces and promote new leaders [19659003]. The setbacks suffered in Colombia, Chile and Argentina, the Latin American left is catching on with the overwhelming victory won by Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in Mexico last weekend.

Mexico is the third largest country in the world. Latin America and the fourteenth world economy; and now, in the hands of AMLO, has the challenge of establishing social policies that do not generate much friction with the prevailing status quo, which threatens to boycott any attempt that threatens their interests.

Mexicans, historically affected by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), decided to radically overthrow national politics and give a vote of confidence to a progressive leader who promised substantial change and focused primarily on fighting corruption and promoting greater social inclusion.

being elected, with more than 57% of the vote, AMLO received support from world leaders in the stature of British Prime Minister Theresa May; Russian President Vladimir Putin; the President of Canada, Justin Trudeau; US President Donald Trump and President Danilo Medina of the Dominican Republic. He was also congratulated by the presidents interviewed from Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro and Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega. Maduro warned, through a tweet, that with the victory of AMLO "the truth triumphs lies and the hope of the Great Fatherland is renewed".
While Ortega said that victory "shows the unshakable capacity of the spirit of our people."

What role will Mexico play now? [19659004] And that is with the arrival of the left in Mexico, and the possibility of Lula's return to power in Brazil.On the October elections, the region is expected to culminate with a reconfiguration of the relations of This year, until now, Miguel Díaz Canel in Cuba, Evo Morales in Bolivia, Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela and Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, seemed solitary riders trying to maintain a seriously in question and unable to consolidate the momentum of the socialist project that presidents like Hugo Chávez, Fidel Castro, Lula Da Silva, Rafael Correa, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Evo Morales

In addition, although he be premature to predict how Mexico's relations will be With its nearest neighbor, the United States of America, the outlook does not look encouraging; but what is a fact is that Mexico will play a fundamental and leading role in what could be the revival of socialism.

From the wall to "there is much to do"

Mexico's historical relationship with the United States could be one of the central issues of the new government and the definition of its foreign policy.

Trump originally promised to build a wall between the United States and the Aztec nation, which would be paid for by the Mexicans, but this project was only in the speech. His relationship with his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Peña Nieto, was marked by distancing and procrastination, but without apparent confrontation. However, this should change.

When publishing a tweet to congratulate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Trump said he was looking forward to working with him. There is a lot to do to benefit both the United States and Mexico! "

But knowing his imperialist and right-wing position, it is not stupid to think that Trump will be very attentive to the socialist policies promoted by AMLO.Mexico and Cuba will now be their most socialist neighbors. close and this will not be alien to US foreign policy.

Trump is a fierce critic of socialism and totalitarian governments that are starting to be erected in the region.It is recalled that at a meeting held the 39, last year with his Spanish counterpart of the time, Mariano Rajoy, said, in reference to the Venezuelan crisis, that "where there is socialism, there is poverty."