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AMLO’s Risky Strategy: Put Mexico’s Military Everywhere

Long-term deployment and an ever-expanding mandate may harm the reputation of Mexico’s most trusted institution.

The Mexican president’s top priorities face pressure at home and abroad, says former Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan.

Julia Tagüeña Parga has found herself at the heart of a political clash over Mexican science.

Mexico City’s mayor is an early favorite to succeed AMLO as president. An extended fight over energy reform sheds light on how she’d govern.

Traditional parties are in the political wilderness. Could emulating Biden’s 2020 run beat AMLO’s movement?

AQ tracks how the country has managed its ties with Beijing.

The upcoming “popular consultation” is designed to fail. AMLO knows it.

The loss of his legislative supermajority will not reverse the Mexican president’s progress toward his ultimate goal: the expansion of state power.

AMLO’s coalition lost precious seats in Congress, placing a hurdle on his plans to pursue constitutional changes.

Mexico’s president is lending a hand to his own party ahead of the June mid-term vote – while blurring the lines on campaign rules.

Months from the largest elections in the country’s history, an electoral institution finds itself drawn into public battle.

AMLO’s push to expand state control over energy markets is misguided and harmful.

Las políticas sobre seguridad, migración y comercio tienen que evolucionar. Y algo de diplomacia personal ayudaría también.

Policies on security, immigration and trade all need to evolve. Some personal diplomacy would help, too.