AMLO’s genius lay in taking the neoliberal bogeyman out of the shadows, exposing its ugliness for all to see. When the people understand fully the mechanics that deliver what belongs to them into the hands of the wealthy few, they get clear about which side they’re on.
When Andrés Manuel López Obrador won the presidency in 2018, we were jubilant! But we weren’t sure whether he could turn the ship of state. After all, Mexico had sailed in one direction for 70 years under the same flag, that of the PRI. Then Morena, only a 4-year-old, wrested the wheel from the old captains. But with all the navigation settings locked in place, could they actually chart a different course?
