Does “All that is Solid Melt into Air?”
The US left has often not understood or has simply ignored Mexico’s significance, given that 150 years ago over a third of the country was taken by military force and annexed to the United States.
Tren Maya: Coming Down the Tracks of History
From the very beginning, Mexico’s political opposition was against the building of the Tren Maya, particularly once it became clear that it was AMLO’s signature project. Coming himself from Southern Mexico, the country’s poorest region, he wanted to promote economic development not based on the top-down neoliberal model but to ensure ordinary people actually benefitted.
AMLO/Claudia: Continuation, Not Comparison
Claudia is the first to say that she owes her success to AMLO. When pundits try to get her to distance herself from him, she’ll have none of it. She states unequivocally and proudly that she fully supports his 4th transformation (4T) project and its ideological and political foundation. She is erecting the “second floor.”