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Hope for Mexico lies with Lopez Obrador and his government
DAVID RABY examines the achievements of Amlo since his election as president last year

CONTRARY to the views of Mexican Communist Party leader Pavel Blanco (as reported by Tim Pelzer on August 22), the new Mexican government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (known by his initials as Amlo) is neither neoliberal nor “social democratic” as that term is normally understood.

I recently returned from a six-week visit to Mexico, the country where I began my academic career in Latin American history in 1967. 

What I found now was a country inspired by Amlo’s vision of peaceful, democratic but radical transformation.

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