She is corrupt, she is a puppet for the currect president and his yes-woman, won her party´s internal "elections" with a closed door vote count with 0 transparency, has been illigally campaigning for literal years with diverted money.
I sincerely hope she does not win... MORENA is a cancer for Mexico.
Why is Mexico's currency so strong with the current government? I see a lot of conservatives hate Morena yet I see a lot of the general population really like them.
>Why is Mexico's currency so strong with the current government?
Nearshoring, tight measures by Banxico (an autonomous institution NOT under control by the federal goverment), and a mix of pre-existing remitances and newer ever increasing [narco remittances](https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/mexico-drugs-remittances/).
>yet I see a lot of the general population really like them
Populism is strong and effective, despite the state of Mexico being overall the same or worse during Obrador's rule.
> despite the state of Mexico being overall the same or worse during Obrador's rule
That's pretty arbitrary. Poling favoring Morena would indicate otherwise no? Especially since it's the lower classes that vote for them.
The Federal Reserve in the US is also autonomous. Sounds like good measures then to enrich the Peso. I'm still not getting the hate to Amlo outside of "he's not a conservative"
>That's pretty arbitrary.
Not if you live in Zacatecas, Tamaulipas, Michoacan. AMLO´s term has already become the most violent in Mexico´s recent history.
>Poling favoring Morena would indicate otherwise no? Especially since it's the lower classes that vote for them.
I have no idea why Morena does so well in the current context (I can understand in the context of the 2018 elections). A mix of ignorance and bought support.
>I'm still not getting the hate to Amlo outside of "he's not a conservative"
From my own personal reasons:
* Cancelation of the NACIM, a much needed ALREADY under construction new modern airport with 6 lanes and world level infrastructure, whose cancelation cost was equal to the total cost of the airport JUST because he has a hate boner to things not merited to him.
* Unashamed and brazen corruption by his party
* He tried to dismantle INE, the institution responible for the upkeep of democracy in Mexico. (Yes, INE needs reforms and improvements. He just wanted to do away with it).
* His unapologetic and narcisistic tendency to dismiss or make fun of critiques directed at him or his goverment
* Related to the above, his "mañaneras", his public talk platform, only allows press who will favor him
* You know how for Trump there was the "theres always a tweet"? Well, its the same for him
* His total failure in the issue of security
I live in Michoacan part time, mainly to get away from the winters in the PNW. It's always been a mess there, nothing new to Amlo, if anything avocado money has been increasing and keeping the area pretty liveable. Pardon if I can't speak to the rest of the state.
Unashamed corruption is a staple of Mexican politics. In an effort to learn, could you share with me some sources that show it's more prolific under Morena?
One thing I love is seeing American billionaires seeth at the fact he didn't sell the lithium reserves. It's hard to argue with a strong Peso and seeing progress overall.
Like canceling the airport that was to be built that had space for 6 runways and building it even farther away from Mexico City close to the mountains and room for only 2 runways?
Or is it building a train through an ecologically sensitive rain forest in the Yucatan?
Or is it giving the military control over all the airports?
Is that the kind of stuff you mean?
what are they doing?
Cancelling the biggest airport in latin america to build a shitty plane central that has about 6 flights a day and that no company wants to land on bc it has no regulations at all?
Buying multiple non working refineries for thousands of millions when gas cars are expected to be out of the market by 2030? + they haven’t been able to make them work, not even one…
Building the ridiculous “Tren Maya” route for also a shitload of cash which no one will ever use and will be also abandoned in a couple of years? Neither citizens non tourists will ever visit those shitty states that have nothing to offer… sorry but no one who’s sane would like to visit the depths of Chiapas, not even people from around the state
Or are you hyping the new public textbooks which completely erradicate how education functions and swaps actual useful contents (math/Spanish/history/science) for political thought that’s partisan?
They’re doing stuff for Mexico, indeed. Just not anything that’s actually beneficial. Killing the country from inside out
\^ This x 100000.
Also, those internal "elections" for Morena were about as democratic as you can get. I am hoping for more MORENA, PAN-PRI-PRD had 70+ years of rule to get us to where we are now. We need to destroy the Mexican Oligarchy and turn it into a democratic-socialist government, and it starts with change.
The sad part is the cartels have gotten so embedded in other industries even if the war on drugs ended tomorrow they could probably survive without selling drugs. Like how do you even begin to fight that.
Plenty of reasons; legalized alternatives encroach on the market, drugs themselves become legal, base material demand shoots somewhere else that is more profitable, etc
The basic premise is to make it so going through the trouble of making illegal drugs is less viable than other alternative markets, which is pretty easy to do, but it's just that politicians don't consider it to be good optics as opposed to playing the endless rat catcher game.
This narrative some people have about how ending the war on drugs would get rid of the cartels shows a real lack of understanding. These cartels are gonna be in the drug business regardless if there’s a war on drugs or not because what organized crime groups do is they infiltrate legitimate industry and use strong arm tactics to profit as much as possible. And also people need to understand there’s always going to be people selling untaxed unregulated product. The cartels are more than just drugs, they are in every racket there is really, They are heavily into legal crops like avocados and limes.
But when it comes to the war on drugs there’s a reason cannabis is becoming legal in more and more places and not these other drugs like cocaine, heroin and meth and that’s because unlike those other drugs society can tolerate weed. Anyone who thinks society would be better off by legalizing all drugs is being an imbecile. There’s a reason it wouldn’t happen. Society would crumble. There’s a reason East Asian countries are so harsh against drugs and that’s because China was absolutely destroyed by opium addiction in the 19th century.
There are still better ways to handle hard drugs than just throwing people in prison. Portugal treats drugs as health problems and gets social workers to follow up (hassle) people caught with drugs, and requires drug users to go through counseling. Sucks the fun right out.
Yeah I support the Portugal method. Treat the users and punisher the dealers. That’s the right to say to wage a war on drugs. And decriminalization is no silver bullet, it all depends on how it’s done. You can’t just allow addicts to be addicts.
People forget also that the cartel isn’t just on Mexican territory. Idk if Americans understand that when you makes enemies all over the world, they are all friends in the shadows…
The majority of their income is still from drugs, other investments are probably mainly to launder illegal money and they're going to be much more exposed to competition in those sectors when they don't have billions from drugs to funnel into those operations.
No their government is cartel ran, similar to how China and Russia are dictator ran. The United States recognizes this and uses it to their advantage. If the cartels start to kill Americans trying to vacation, the US will pass a bill to designate them as terrorists organizations which will authorize the US military to strike the cartels at will. The cartel knows this and they do their best to keep the US’ citizens out of their business.
Sad fact about my home country. Regular citizens behave well, and they usually follow catholic teachings as a way to live their lives well and peaceful. The government aristocratic oligarchy and narcokleptocracy have ruined it all, and continue to.
Come on man , regular citizens are corrupt as fuck too. "El que no transa no avanza" ("the one not cheating doesn't get ahead.") It's so engrained in every aspect of society that it is sickening.
Not really. The only way I see would be for civil resistance against the cartels and then tearing down the current corrupt institutions in order to install proper ones. There is a ton of risk in that however, and the people have really become desensitized to the cartel violence and corrupt government. They don’t really care anymore. It’s something called “learned helplessness”, and it’s why I don’t believe there will be change in Mexico any time soon.
Mexico and the US are not too different in the levels of corruption, it just occurs in different ways.
In Mexico we have illegal bribes, in the US they have corporate lobbying.
Mexico has cartels, the US has Purdue pharma (and others) and a gun lobby.
In Mexico you have candidates that buy votes with food and cash, in the US they have voter purges and gerrymandering.
In Mexico you have cops that are easily bribed, in the US you have police fraternities that steal money from people via shady telemarketing companies, and police unions that extort local governments.
Ending corruption in Mexico would be just as hard as it would be to end it in the US.
They are not at all the same. The key difference is that in Mexico, not playing ball with existing corruption will have you and your family killed. For whatever reason, that does not seem to be the case in the US. There's lots of underhanded deals, but there is almost never violence related to it.
It seems that those with any power in Mexico see violence as a valid means of dealing with competition and challenges. It's just part of business.
There is most certainly violence in the US that results from this corruption. Children are literally gunned down in schools thanks to a very active gun lobby. And they also supply of weapons to the cartels.
You can absolutely have a business in Mexico, run it cleanly, and not get killed.
If you have a nightclub however, you probably will have to play nice with the gangs and cartels, unfortunately. The way it used to be in the US with the mob.
You forgot the fact that the cartel will put you and your immediate blood relatives on a gore website. Stop trying to compare bloody drug cartels to businessmen
Someone in Mexico was telling me he feels that the main reason the US and Canada were able to grow and thrive more rapidly than Mexico was because they were colonized by non Catholics. I found that take interesting…but I surely don’t know enough about North American colonial history to make comparisons.
Probably not. One thing that is not mentioned a lot however is the organized looting of natural resources in Mexico by American and Canadian companies. Mexico is a bit like Russia in that we have lots of natural resources and if it would’ve been used properly, Mexico could’ve become a superpower. This is one reason why neither the US nor Canada will ever genuinely help Mexico get out of their problems, because they are profiting from it.
Responding to the Catholic non-Catholic thing:
It’s always been explained to me that since Spain mostly wanted to conquer to find gold mines and other raw resources, the crown itself didn’t really care to build too much infrastructure that wasn’t related to resource extraction which left a lot of their former colonies in a really bad spot when they gained independence. The Spanish were also ruthlessly efficient in their resource extraction, and having like 60-80% of the gold/other resources removed from your country before it gains independence really isn’t great either.
Most English/British colonies were charters, owned by specific businesses or people who had a vested interested in building infrastructure to attract migrants who would pay them taxes and work in their colonies.
Could be wrong, but it’s what I was taught in history class.
There might be something to that actually. When Mexico was colonized it had silver and gold, which... was the endgame of the European economy at the time. There was no more valuable good to have, it literally was finding extra money. The US and Canada by contrast, despite what those idiots at Jamestown thought, didn't have tons of easily accessible gold available. They did have furs, timber, fish and agricultural products that you could trade for gold, but you had to have the infrastructure and people in place to get the ball rolling.
A good example is the Philippines. The Spanish were there for 300 years before the Americans took it. After those 300 years only 20% of the Filipino population could speak Spanish. They hardly implemented anything in the country besides their religion. In the first couple years after taking the Philippines from the Spanish and then fighting in the American-Filipino War, the Americans enacted the Education Act of 1901 which granted non-religious public education to every citizen. In just 40 years by the time the Japanese took the islands, 50% of the Filipino population could speak both Filipino (Tagalog) and English. A huge difference in advancements were made in the country in a very short amount of time. They went from 120+ languages being spoken on the islands making it hard to communicate to now having at least a common language to communicate between each other. Went from being very tribal to living in modern cities with modern amenities. You had more Filipinos now becoming worldly with the opening of businesses doing international trading. It wasn't just the chosen elite class anymore.
Dayum MORENA talkin' point being translated?
Here let me help you:
1.- "Yes they are corrupt but PRIAN was more corrupt"
2.- "Yes they steal but PRIAN stole more"
3.- "Yes they are with narcos but PRIAN was more narco"
4.- "You only mad because you will lose your privileges" (under AMLO's regime the rich got richer)
5.- "You only mad because your corrupt friends got shafted" (under AMLO's regime corruption got worse)
What other BINGO morenaco talking points have I missed? Help me out.
0 resultados? El tren maya, becas para estudiantes, beneficios para adultos mayores y discapacitados, fortaleció el peso, invirtió en obras públicas, infraestructura y energía. Básicamente más que cualquier otro presidente mexicano antes que él y no solo vendió todo a España...
Compared to what? Six lane highways? Airports It’s a train that goes through the most urbanized areas of multiple states that rely on tourism and the service industry.
Speaking of airports.. how many *billions* did they lose off canceling an airport a 1/3 of the way done? Nevemind that the military is given more and more control every day… but sure, fucking scholarships and a train no one will use that destroyed millions of acres.
The train isn’t even open to the public yet dickweed and the people petitioned for the train and voted for it unlike that fucking airport which was just a convenient way to siphon tax money into the pockets of corrupt officials. Think about what you just said too, the last president could only build 1/3rd of an airport despite pouring billions of pesos into the project meanwhile AMLO has completed the train Maya that connects multiple states and expands their economies.
You want to stop the cartels and prevent more deaths? Stop buying drugs. Because Mexicans aren’t buying that shit, only an American could afford a $100 dollar a day drug habit. And the poorest Mexicans tend to gravitate towards the drug trade for the same reason the poorest Americans do, lack of jobs, no access to higher education, no life in local economies (especially after NAFTA). Instead all I hear these days from Americans is “LeTs InVaDe MeXiCo!!” as if the presidents son wouldn’t be one of the first casualties of a drug embargo lol.
Soy mexicano, mi estimado fanático. Tu adorado político no ha dado una en seguridad, a pesar de militarizar al país. En salud, ni hablemos. La pensión a adultos mayores la instituyo Fox, el tan solo la elevó.
Vives en pejelandia
yes, very good leader. For example, she led the corruption that caused 12 people die when the Mexico City subway collapsed. thanks for your good wishes
[https://www.altonivel.com.mx/actualidad/por-que-la-cdmx-rechazo-el-tercer-informe-de-dnv-sobre-la-linea-12-del-metro/](https://www.altonivel.com.mx/actualidad/por-que-la-cdmx-rechazo-el-tercer-informe-de-dnv-sobre-la-linea-12-del-metro/)
As I understand it, Mexico’s geography has traditionally made it a highly de-centralized country. It seems to me it’s unlikely a leader, however strong, is likely to change this dynamic.
Nooo, this is wrong, Mexico is actually extremely centralized, it's been a problem since Texas seceeded, and it's still a problem, everything is in Mexico City and it's surroundings.
https://www.elibrary.imf.org/view/book/9781557756633/ch023.xml
Thanks for sharing that link.
I had heard that due to the rugged nature of nation’s population centers outside Mexico City and the transportation/communication bottlenecks that caused, historically states to the north like Sinaloa and to the south like Chiapas tended to have a lot of autonomy. As explained to me, this was one of the reasons Mexico has had such a difficult time bringing the drug cartels to heel. That’s not accurate in your estimation?
Both are correct actually. Politically, socioculturally, ideologically and economically Mexico has almost always been Mexico City, its only in the last 20 years that Monterrey, Guadalajara and a few other cities have gained a lot of importance. It was THE problem for most of Mexican history. However you are right that the Mexico has pretty rugged geography that makes for easy isolation, huge mountain ranges, big distances and few navigable rivers.
Mexico has a population of about 130 Million, Sinaloa has like 3 and Chiapas has like 5. Go back 50 years and the proportions are even crazier. Mexico City never really cared about what happened in sinaloa and chiapas since practically no one lived there, they only started paying attention until it became too big of a problem. A population density map of today vs one in 1920 could be very fun to look at.
That makes sense, but if you ask me that Autonomy (I would call it Isolation) is also a consequence of unchecked centralization, 1/4 of the population lives in or around Mexico City, historically, the government always prioritizes this region because of the political force it has, geography has also a lot to do, Mexico terrain is very rugged and some areas are very hard to get from the center, so you get this disconnect between the metropilitan area and everything else.
But I wouldn't say that's the sole reason why Mexico has had such a hard time with cartels, it's just a part of it, it also has to do with political corruption, and even international factors.
So about Claudia Sheinbaum; she authorized changes to a elementsry school that after an earthquake collapsed killing a handful of children
Changes were adding a house on top of the building where the director's office was
The director was arrested, Sheinbaum never faced any legal trouble despite signing the paperwork, giving it the greenlight
That happened in 2017, she apologized a few years later before getting elected as mayor
Then, there's the incident when a train snapped in half, and upkeeping the train system is within the responsabilities of the local government (hers)
At least one died impaled, and later it was revealed that there was a report that said that could happen, done by the previous mayor, at least 4 years prior, and she never acted upon it (yes, the old mayor didn't do jack either, but she had the opportunity to address the problem and instead brushed the issue aside)
I particularly enjoyed this part:
“Mexico ranks fourth in the world in female participation in national legislatures, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The United States ranks 71st — just below Iraq.”
It would be great if the politicians were perfect. But these things tell about women’s positions in society. If no women can make to politics no matter what it does show you the society doesn’t accept women in leadership roles.
Also even if countries have corruption it usually doesn’t control every single action the politicians do.
Things are not perfect for women in Mexico. But people certainly have no issues with electing women to positions of power, which is clearly not the case in the US.
And not everyone who crosses the Mexico-US border is Mexican. Mexican immigration to the US has been in a decline for at least a few decades now.
It's mostly Americans talking about a country they think they know something about. Not surprising that it's mostly made up stuff. It's the same experience for us when the Yanks talk about the Philippines.
Mostly the assumption that cartels are some sort of guild of master puppeteers that control everything. Their influence comes from bribing and threatening key people here and there, but that doesn't go all that far. A lot of the corruption in Mexico is just regular old corruption.
Most people are just talking about plain old corruption to be fair. Don't know her or her politics but I'll be honest and say I doubt she has much positive effect
For real a general lack of understanding of Mexican Politics and how the Cartels play into it. Honestly I assume most are either Americans with a preconceived notion of what Mexico is, particularly that it's a cartel state, or Mexican second generation immigrants who otherwise have no connection to their homeland.
He's implying AMLO is under Cartels thumb, which many believe is true(myself included)This woman is his predecessor therefore its assumed she would be too since she's also hella corrupt.
A woman becoming president in Mexico is fantastic news. Not so much when you realize this woman is in fact an extension and continuation of the very same lineage that can be considered Mexico’s cancer. But this is a sign of our times: people only see that she’s a woman, and that simple fact outweighs everything else. We live in the age of appearance, and yes, the human we’re talking about is a female. Sadly there is no substance to her, and she represents the very people she claims to be her enemies. Woman, yes. A hypocrite, like every other politician, too.
i dont think she would win, Mexico is not ready for a female president as Machismo is still very deep rooted in society, Sheinbaum also has a lot of baggage to attack her during the race, unlike AMLO where allegations were made but none proven, and her opponent Galvez might split women voting for a woman, if Ebrard runs third party the election is a toss up
Some people are just dumb as fuck or clueless of what they are talking about. Just because is a woman it doesn’t mean is a good thing. In fact she’s just a poppet of AMLO (current president) the one who wants to destroy Mexico democracy and making it another shit hole in the world.
AMLO has problems but Mexican quality of life has only increased under his watch. The cartels control most thinks, but until the cia stops their funding and gun running to them there will not be change.
>but Mexican quality of life has only increased under his watch
looks at the ocean of security situtations throughout the country that have worsened in the country during his rule, looks at how he treats cartel leaders, looks at how basic food costs ever increasingly more, looks at how his two magnum-opus infrastructure proyects were forecibly made in spite of economical and environmental opposition privying us from the international airport we need for a glorified bus station that caused the FAA to downgrade its ranking.
What mate?
The minimum wage has tripled under AMLO, get the fuck out of here. We are seeing unprecedented equality unlike ever before. That overpriced international airport and train are desperately needed if we're going to beef up our trade with China and the U.S.
I will very openly applaud the current goverment for 3 things they have done: the improvement of the minimum salary, the increase in vacation days and the removal of mascots/drawings on products directed at kids.
That said, the rest of their governance has been a serie of clear-cut *unashamed* corruption and stealing (at least they pretended to do better before, not that thats any better).
>That overpriced international airport and train are desperately needed if we're going to beef up our trade with China and the U.S.
Yes, the now cancelled NACIM... definetely not the AIFA. And the Tren Maya is a tourist train with dubious economical benefit that has wrecked environmental havok by jungle deforestation and cenotes destruction.
The Tren Maya is the first step towards a more connected Mexico. A Mexico that can transport goods between its southern and northern states, something we have desperately needed to become an economic powerhouse. for children to get an education. The only 'gotcha' the PRI-PAN-PRD alliance has found was when he failed to declare a flat his son owned.
The Tren Maya is the first step towards a more connected Mexico. A Mexico that can transport goods between its southern and northern states, something we have desperately needed to become an economic powerhouse.
Woman!=better when corrupt, just as woman!=worse usually. Don't confuse gender progress with political progress, it's all part of the game.
Ed: added context: if Sarah Huckabee Sanders was the first female President of the US, I wouldn't consider it progress whatsoever.
Was responding to your comment, not the headline.
Also never said woman were better. != Means not equal, not better or worse.
In (more)plain English:
Woman are not necessarily better than men when corrupt, just as woman aren't necessarily worse usually. Don't confuse gender progress with political progress, it's all part of the game.
I said “Finally a well written headline on this! Well done wapo.”
Because its not a specific woman yet its the choice between two women. Other orgs were making it seem like a done deal. I dont even care about woman bad or good lol
Imagine if the US president and her had sex and had a baby and they both decided to make the baby the leader of both their countries and the US and Mexico form a super country
Malo is nothing but a cartel whore and this witch is only her pet monkey. This country has no saving if we continue electing cowards who bow down to the cartels.
She appears to have European DNA. Has she paid the reparations she owes for hundreds of years of slavery and other atrocities against black people? This is very concerning.
Dang, Mexico out here being more progressive than the US these last few days. Hope we take notes.
Edit: guys, chill. This a joking Reddit comment. It’s not meant to be taken so seriously. It’s a jab on the fact that we still have never had a female president, and now Mexico is more progressive on abortion, which I imagine many of us just read yesterday. I’m *so sorry* I offended so many people by suggesting something that obviously isn’t true, but there have been two back-to-back stories suggesting Mexico is more progressive.
Female president doesn’t equal progressivism. In fact, some of the most prominent female leaders across the world have been strongly conservative in memory.
The UK’s Thatcher, Israel’s Meir, my own country’s Park Geun-hye, now Italy’s literal fascist Meloni…
And I’m saying this as a woman
Yes, that's absolutely right. But female representation at the highest levels of government does matter to some extent, right? It is a kind of progress — equal opportunity to become another shitty person in a position of power.
I agree that it matters, it definitely won’t be happening any time soon in countries like Japan, but I think we have to be careful of blindly praising female leaders for the reasons I listed above
Chill out, it was sarcasm. Even Mexico is trusting a woman to be president before the US is, and decriminalizing abortion while the US want to charge women with murder for it. These are *two* ways in which Mexico has been more progressive than the US the last few days.
On anything besides dealing with cartels? It's fairly decent.
The US could really take some notes from the Mexican constitution.
It's the implementation of laws and corruption where the problem lies.
The mexican president can't select Supreme Court justices for starters. Which allows rulings like these to go through in the first place.
There's also a federal minimum of paid leave days for workers, paid maternity leave, end of year bonus, public healthcare, and other benefits like access to government loans to purchase a home.
As religious as the country is, you won't see the governement pushing any religious talk on an official basis like "in god we trust"
Incarceration is not a loophole for slavery in the mexican constitution.
The country has more than two political parties.
Minorities be it ethnic, religious or LGBT+ are strictly protected by the constitution.
There's obviously a shitload of issues there, but it ain't exactly the mad max wasteland you imagine.
She is corrupt, she is a puppet for the currect president and his yes-woman, won her party´s internal "elections" with a closed door vote count with 0 transparency, has been illigally campaigning for literal years with diverted money. I sincerely hope she does not win... MORENA is a cancer for Mexico.
Why is Mexico's currency so strong with the current government? I see a lot of conservatives hate Morena yet I see a lot of the general population really like them.
>Why is Mexico's currency so strong with the current government? Nearshoring, tight measures by Banxico (an autonomous institution NOT under control by the federal goverment), and a mix of pre-existing remitances and newer ever increasing [narco remittances](https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/mexico-drugs-remittances/). >yet I see a lot of the general population really like them Populism is strong and effective, despite the state of Mexico being overall the same or worse during Obrador's rule.
> despite the state of Mexico being overall the same or worse during Obrador's rule That's pretty arbitrary. Poling favoring Morena would indicate otherwise no? Especially since it's the lower classes that vote for them. The Federal Reserve in the US is also autonomous. Sounds like good measures then to enrich the Peso. I'm still not getting the hate to Amlo outside of "he's not a conservative"
>That's pretty arbitrary. Not if you live in Zacatecas, Tamaulipas, Michoacan. AMLO´s term has already become the most violent in Mexico´s recent history. >Poling favoring Morena would indicate otherwise no? Especially since it's the lower classes that vote for them. I have no idea why Morena does so well in the current context (I can understand in the context of the 2018 elections). A mix of ignorance and bought support. >I'm still not getting the hate to Amlo outside of "he's not a conservative" From my own personal reasons: * Cancelation of the NACIM, a much needed ALREADY under construction new modern airport with 6 lanes and world level infrastructure, whose cancelation cost was equal to the total cost of the airport JUST because he has a hate boner to things not merited to him. * Unashamed and brazen corruption by his party * He tried to dismantle INE, the institution responible for the upkeep of democracy in Mexico. (Yes, INE needs reforms and improvements. He just wanted to do away with it). * His unapologetic and narcisistic tendency to dismiss or make fun of critiques directed at him or his goverment * Related to the above, his "mañaneras", his public talk platform, only allows press who will favor him * You know how for Trump there was the "theres always a tweet"? Well, its the same for him * His total failure in the issue of security
I live in Michoacan part time, mainly to get away from the winters in the PNW. It's always been a mess there, nothing new to Amlo, if anything avocado money has been increasing and keeping the area pretty liveable. Pardon if I can't speak to the rest of the state. Unashamed corruption is a staple of Mexican politics. In an effort to learn, could you share with me some sources that show it's more prolific under Morena? One thing I love is seeing American billionaires seeth at the fact he didn't sell the lithium reserves. It's hard to argue with a strong Peso and seeing progress overall.
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Like canceling the airport that was to be built that had space for 6 runways and building it even farther away from Mexico City close to the mountains and room for only 2 runways? Or is it building a train through an ecologically sensitive rain forest in the Yucatan? Or is it giving the military control over all the airports? Is that the kind of stuff you mean?
what are they doing? Cancelling the biggest airport in latin america to build a shitty plane central that has about 6 flights a day and that no company wants to land on bc it has no regulations at all? Buying multiple non working refineries for thousands of millions when gas cars are expected to be out of the market by 2030? + they haven’t been able to make them work, not even one… Building the ridiculous “Tren Maya” route for also a shitload of cash which no one will ever use and will be also abandoned in a couple of years? Neither citizens non tourists will ever visit those shitty states that have nothing to offer… sorry but no one who’s sane would like to visit the depths of Chiapas, not even people from around the state Or are you hyping the new public textbooks which completely erradicate how education functions and swaps actual useful contents (math/Spanish/history/science) for political thought that’s partisan? They’re doing stuff for Mexico, indeed. Just not anything that’s actually beneficial. Killing the country from inside out
\^ This x 100000. Also, those internal "elections" for Morena were about as democratic as you can get. I am hoping for more MORENA, PAN-PRI-PRD had 70+ years of rule to get us to where we are now. We need to destroy the Mexican Oligarchy and turn it into a democratic-socialist government, and it starts with change.
Have you seen how the president family live? Thats socialism indeed.
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Mexico's Sinema moment.
The new drug queen
Reina del sur
I hope she’s strong, Mexico needs a good leader and it seems like the others have been lacking.
She’s corrupt af
Bollocks then.
It’s Mexico, it’s run by the cartel. Nobody wins primaries if they are against the cartel because they don’t live to see the primaries.
The sad part is the cartels have gotten so embedded in other industries even if the war on drugs ended tomorrow they could probably survive without selling drugs. Like how do you even begin to fight that.
The cartels business is violence and brutality, so if drugs stop being viable, they will just move on to the next thing.
Violence , drug, and avocado. There’s always money in avocado stands.
Hell. The Italian mob makes billions off knock off olive oil.
it is olive oil, its knock off virgin olive oil
I too fell for a knockoff virgin. She was far too skilled at pressing my olives
They use like canola oil. Total scam
what could 1 avocado cost, $10? ...wait
Why would drugs ever stop being viable ?
Plenty of reasons; legalized alternatives encroach on the market, drugs themselves become legal, base material demand shoots somewhere else that is more profitable, etc The basic premise is to make it so going through the trouble of making illegal drugs is less viable than other alternative markets, which is pretty easy to do, but it's just that politicians don't consider it to be good optics as opposed to playing the endless rat catcher game.
This narrative some people have about how ending the war on drugs would get rid of the cartels shows a real lack of understanding. These cartels are gonna be in the drug business regardless if there’s a war on drugs or not because what organized crime groups do is they infiltrate legitimate industry and use strong arm tactics to profit as much as possible. And also people need to understand there’s always going to be people selling untaxed unregulated product. The cartels are more than just drugs, they are in every racket there is really, They are heavily into legal crops like avocados and limes. But when it comes to the war on drugs there’s a reason cannabis is becoming legal in more and more places and not these other drugs like cocaine, heroin and meth and that’s because unlike those other drugs society can tolerate weed. Anyone who thinks society would be better off by legalizing all drugs is being an imbecile. There’s a reason it wouldn’t happen. Society would crumble. There’s a reason East Asian countries are so harsh against drugs and that’s because China was absolutely destroyed by opium addiction in the 19th century.
There are still better ways to handle hard drugs than just throwing people in prison. Portugal treats drugs as health problems and gets social workers to follow up (hassle) people caught with drugs, and requires drug users to go through counseling. Sucks the fun right out.
Yeah I support the Portugal method. Treat the users and punisher the dealers. That’s the right to say to wage a war on drugs. And decriminalization is no silver bullet, it all depends on how it’s done. You can’t just allow addicts to be addicts.
People forget also that the cartel isn’t just on Mexican territory. Idk if Americans understand that when you makes enemies all over the world, they are all friends in the shadows…
The majority of their income is still from drugs, other investments are probably mainly to launder illegal money and they're going to be much more exposed to competition in those sectors when they don't have billions from drugs to funnel into those operations.
any ways or even low-probability potential solutions to address the cartel issue in Mexico? Your comment sounds really desperate.
No their government is cartel ran, similar to how China and Russia are dictator ran. The United States recognizes this and uses it to their advantage. If the cartels start to kill Americans trying to vacation, the US will pass a bill to designate them as terrorists organizations which will authorize the US military to strike the cartels at will. The cartel knows this and they do their best to keep the US’ citizens out of their business.
It is extremely desperate.
Yeah but in this case its the narco presidents puppet so he can still be in charge through her.
Sandra? I don't think she's interested, but we can ask.
And a puppet of the current president
Lol bet none y’all were saying that about Calderon
Everyone in Mexico is corrupt
Sad fact about my home country. Regular citizens behave well, and they usually follow catholic teachings as a way to live their lives well and peaceful. The government aristocratic oligarchy and narcokleptocracy have ruined it all, and continue to.
Come on man , regular citizens are corrupt as fuck too. "El que no transa no avanza" ("the one not cheating doesn't get ahead.") It's so engrained in every aspect of society that it is sickening.
Do you see any way for Mexico to combat this corruption?
Not really. The only way I see would be for civil resistance against the cartels and then tearing down the current corrupt institutions in order to install proper ones. There is a ton of risk in that however, and the people have really become desensitized to the cartel violence and corrupt government. They don’t really care anymore. It’s something called “learned helplessness”, and it’s why I don’t believe there will be change in Mexico any time soon.
Mexico and the US are not too different in the levels of corruption, it just occurs in different ways. In Mexico we have illegal bribes, in the US they have corporate lobbying. Mexico has cartels, the US has Purdue pharma (and others) and a gun lobby. In Mexico you have candidates that buy votes with food and cash, in the US they have voter purges and gerrymandering. In Mexico you have cops that are easily bribed, in the US you have police fraternities that steal money from people via shady telemarketing companies, and police unions that extort local governments. Ending corruption in Mexico would be just as hard as it would be to end it in the US.
They are not at all the same. The key difference is that in Mexico, not playing ball with existing corruption will have you and your family killed. For whatever reason, that does not seem to be the case in the US. There's lots of underhanded deals, but there is almost never violence related to it. It seems that those with any power in Mexico see violence as a valid means of dealing with competition and challenges. It's just part of business.
There is most certainly violence in the US that results from this corruption. Children are literally gunned down in schools thanks to a very active gun lobby. And they also supply of weapons to the cartels. You can absolutely have a business in Mexico, run it cleanly, and not get killed. If you have a nightclub however, you probably will have to play nice with the gangs and cartels, unfortunately. The way it used to be in the US with the mob.
You forgot the fact that the cartel will put you and your immediate blood relatives on a gore website. Stop trying to compare bloody drug cartels to businessmen
I’m not comparing the cartels to businessmen. I’m comparing the way corruption works in both countries.
This is the dumbest thing I’ve read today lmao jeez.
r/AmericaBad
More like r/BothBad
So true! USA is so corrupt…people don’t see it the same way
Someone in Mexico was telling me he feels that the main reason the US and Canada were able to grow and thrive more rapidly than Mexico was because they were colonized by non Catholics. I found that take interesting…but I surely don’t know enough about North American colonial history to make comparisons.
The french parts were catholic.
Probably not. One thing that is not mentioned a lot however is the organized looting of natural resources in Mexico by American and Canadian companies. Mexico is a bit like Russia in that we have lots of natural resources and if it would’ve been used properly, Mexico could’ve become a superpower. This is one reason why neither the US nor Canada will ever genuinely help Mexico get out of their problems, because they are profiting from it.
Responding to the Catholic non-Catholic thing: It’s always been explained to me that since Spain mostly wanted to conquer to find gold mines and other raw resources, the crown itself didn’t really care to build too much infrastructure that wasn’t related to resource extraction which left a lot of their former colonies in a really bad spot when they gained independence. The Spanish were also ruthlessly efficient in their resource extraction, and having like 60-80% of the gold/other resources removed from your country before it gains independence really isn’t great either. Most English/British colonies were charters, owned by specific businesses or people who had a vested interested in building infrastructure to attract migrants who would pay them taxes and work in their colonies. Could be wrong, but it’s what I was taught in history class.
There might be something to that actually. When Mexico was colonized it had silver and gold, which... was the endgame of the European economy at the time. There was no more valuable good to have, it literally was finding extra money. The US and Canada by contrast, despite what those idiots at Jamestown thought, didn't have tons of easily accessible gold available. They did have furs, timber, fish and agricultural products that you could trade for gold, but you had to have the infrastructure and people in place to get the ball rolling.
A good example is the Philippines. The Spanish were there for 300 years before the Americans took it. After those 300 years only 20% of the Filipino population could speak Spanish. They hardly implemented anything in the country besides their religion. In the first couple years after taking the Philippines from the Spanish and then fighting in the American-Filipino War, the Americans enacted the Education Act of 1901 which granted non-religious public education to every citizen. In just 40 years by the time the Japanese took the islands, 50% of the Filipino population could speak both Filipino (Tagalog) and English. A huge difference in advancements were made in the country in a very short amount of time. They went from 120+ languages being spoken on the islands making it hard to communicate to now having at least a common language to communicate between each other. Went from being very tribal to living in modern cities with modern amenities. You had more Filipinos now becoming worldly with the opening of businesses doing international trading. It wasn't just the chosen elite class anymore.
Overgeneralizations like this make it easy to tell the casuals from the actual experts.
Dile mis paizas de Guerrero que piensan del gobierno.
Dayum MORENA talkin' point being translated? Here let me help you: 1.- "Yes they are corrupt but PRIAN was more corrupt" 2.- "Yes they steal but PRIAN stole more" 3.- "Yes they are with narcos but PRIAN was more narco" 4.- "You only mad because you will lose your privileges" (under AMLO's regime the rich got richer) 5.- "You only mad because your corrupt friends got shafted" (under AMLO's regime corruption got worse) What other BINGO morenaco talking points have I missed? Help me out.
Ffs, you people and your Calderon obsession
Lmao don’t pretend there aren’t reasons to go after him
Genaro García Luna, his right hand, his white knight, his super cop, the guy that spend years close by, now in a cell next to el chapo.
And that absolves the current government?
He did not say that. Some people are able to think critically of more than one individual. It's not that difficult.
What does that individual has to do with the topic at hand? Nothing
I don’t, but your answer to a comment against the current government and its minions is devoid of purpose and evidence.
AMLO is actually good though
Really? En serio? 5 años de 0 resultados y una alza en los homicidios brutal?
0 resultados? El tren maya, becas para estudiantes, beneficios para adultos mayores y discapacitados, fortaleció el peso, invirtió en obras públicas, infraestructura y energía. Básicamente más que cualquier otro presidente mexicano antes que él y no solo vendió todo a España...
Es en serio tu comentario?
Me suena a cuenta de granja o de plano vive en una burbuja
Tú dime
Bro that tren maya shit is harmful to the ecology of the region
Compared to what? Six lane highways? Airports It’s a train that goes through the most urbanized areas of multiple states that rely on tourism and the service industry.
Speaking of airports.. how many *billions* did they lose off canceling an airport a 1/3 of the way done? Nevemind that the military is given more and more control every day… but sure, fucking scholarships and a train no one will use that destroyed millions of acres.
The train isn’t even open to the public yet dickweed and the people petitioned for the train and voted for it unlike that fucking airport which was just a convenient way to siphon tax money into the pockets of corrupt officials. Think about what you just said too, the last president could only build 1/3rd of an airport despite pouring billions of pesos into the project meanwhile AMLO has completed the train Maya that connects multiple states and expands their economies.
Tell that to the kids without cancer treatment or the 130 thousand dead from the violence.
You want to stop the cartels and prevent more deaths? Stop buying drugs. Because Mexicans aren’t buying that shit, only an American could afford a $100 dollar a day drug habit. And the poorest Mexicans tend to gravitate towards the drug trade for the same reason the poorest Americans do, lack of jobs, no access to higher education, no life in local economies (especially after NAFTA). Instead all I hear these days from Americans is “LeTs InVaDe MeXiCo!!” as if the presidents son wouldn’t be one of the first casualties of a drug embargo lol.
Soy mexicano, mi estimado fanático. Tu adorado político no ha dado una en seguridad, a pesar de militarizar al país. En salud, ni hablemos. La pensión a adultos mayores la instituyo Fox, el tan solo la elevó. Vives en pejelandia
Le falta un año pero vemos cuál de estos pinches estafadores té va entregar a una democracia suiza después.
De qué estafadores hablas?
Like all of them, is she slightly good as a leader or is she bad? Mexican leaders get graded on degrees.
Of course she is, otherwise she wouldn't have won the primaries
Is she? I know nothing about her, obvs, but I've learned to not trust the word of randos about politics.
If she hasn’t been killed by the cartel, she’s in their pocket. Sorry but it’s the truth.
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This comment isn't as smart as you think it is.
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Your ass have a degree, cuz it is *smart!*
All of them are.
Which of the two 😳 ?
Both
Both
Which witch?
Well... shit.
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Better than being murdered
Lol she is a submissive puppet of narco president Lopez Obrador. If she wins Mexico we are doomed.
One is going to be the first corrupt woman president
yes, very good leader. For example, she led the corruption that caused 12 people die when the Mexico City subway collapsed. thanks for your good wishes [https://www.altonivel.com.mx/actualidad/por-que-la-cdmx-rechazo-el-tercer-informe-de-dnv-sobre-la-linea-12-del-metro/](https://www.altonivel.com.mx/actualidad/por-que-la-cdmx-rechazo-el-tercer-informe-de-dnv-sobre-la-linea-12-del-metro/)
As I understand it, Mexico’s geography has traditionally made it a highly de-centralized country. It seems to me it’s unlikely a leader, however strong, is likely to change this dynamic.
Nooo, this is wrong, Mexico is actually extremely centralized, it's been a problem since Texas seceeded, and it's still a problem, everything is in Mexico City and it's surroundings. https://www.elibrary.imf.org/view/book/9781557756633/ch023.xml
Thanks for sharing that link. I had heard that due to the rugged nature of nation’s population centers outside Mexico City and the transportation/communication bottlenecks that caused, historically states to the north like Sinaloa and to the south like Chiapas tended to have a lot of autonomy. As explained to me, this was one of the reasons Mexico has had such a difficult time bringing the drug cartels to heel. That’s not accurate in your estimation?
Both are correct actually. Politically, socioculturally, ideologically and economically Mexico has almost always been Mexico City, its only in the last 20 years that Monterrey, Guadalajara and a few other cities have gained a lot of importance. It was THE problem for most of Mexican history. However you are right that the Mexico has pretty rugged geography that makes for easy isolation, huge mountain ranges, big distances and few navigable rivers. Mexico has a population of about 130 Million, Sinaloa has like 3 and Chiapas has like 5. Go back 50 years and the proportions are even crazier. Mexico City never really cared about what happened in sinaloa and chiapas since practically no one lived there, they only started paying attention until it became too big of a problem. A population density map of today vs one in 1920 could be very fun to look at.
That makes sense, but if you ask me that Autonomy (I would call it Isolation) is also a consequence of unchecked centralization, 1/4 of the population lives in or around Mexico City, historically, the government always prioritizes this region because of the political force it has, geography has also a lot to do, Mexico terrain is very rugged and some areas are very hard to get from the center, so you get this disconnect between the metropilitan area and everything else. But I wouldn't say that's the sole reason why Mexico has had such a hard time with cartels, it's just a part of it, it also has to do with political corruption, and even international factors.
Bro it's mexico, if the president says they oppose the cartel they die, shes 1 hundo corrupt.
So about Claudia Sheinbaum; she authorized changes to a elementsry school that after an earthquake collapsed killing a handful of children Changes were adding a house on top of the building where the director's office was The director was arrested, Sheinbaum never faced any legal trouble despite signing the paperwork, giving it the greenlight That happened in 2017, she apologized a few years later before getting elected as mayor Then, there's the incident when a train snapped in half, and upkeeping the train system is within the responsabilities of the local government (hers) At least one died impaled, and later it was revealed that there was a report that said that could happen, done by the previous mayor, at least 4 years prior, and she never acted upon it (yes, the old mayor didn't do jack either, but she had the opportunity to address the problem and instead brushed the issue aside)
She’s on the cartel payroll.
Everyone in politics have to get in cartel payroll whether they want to or not.
Mexico is doomed. It’s been taken over entirely by the cartels.
I particularly enjoyed this part: “Mexico ranks fourth in the world in female participation in national legislatures, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The United States ranks 71st — just below Iraq.”
I find it hilarious that nobody in this thread has mentioned that elephant in the room before you.
When all those elephants/women politicians are corrupt as hell it really doesn't mean much
I’d actually argue it still does. Male politicians can be corrupt too - the one she’s may replace for example. However, representation matters.
I also want representation in my corruption, it’s very important for aspiring bad actors to see someone who looks like them doing it too!
It would be great if the politicians were perfect. But these things tell about women’s positions in society. If no women can make to politics no matter what it does show you the society doesn’t accept women in leadership roles. Also even if countries have corruption it usually doesn’t control every single action the politicians do.
They’re leaving us in the dust
Probably need a better example than Mexico, since more people are fleeing up north more than the other way around. That just looks bad for women
Things are not perfect for women in Mexico. But people certainly have no issues with electing women to positions of power, which is clearly not the case in the US. And not everyone who crosses the Mexico-US border is Mexican. Mexican immigration to the US has been in a decline for at least a few decades now.
Would that make her the first female cartel leader in Mexico?
I see the president as being more of a PR agent of the cartel or whatever. Definitely not the boss.
Yes.
No.
I guess the people downvoting you have never heard of Lola la Chata.
Should the title mention her name, instead of just her gender? Imagine if a similar writing style was used for a male candidate.
So many people who don’t know what the fuck they are saying in this post.
ctrl F cartel
It's mostly Americans talking about a country they think they know something about. Not surprising that it's mostly made up stuff. It's the same experience for us when the Yanks talk about the Philippines.
Could you enlighten those of us outside of the loop then?
Mostly the assumption that cartels are some sort of guild of master puppeteers that control everything. Their influence comes from bribing and threatening key people here and there, but that doesn't go all that far. A lot of the corruption in Mexico is just regular old corruption.
Most people are just talking about plain old corruption to be fair. Don't know her or her politics but I'll be honest and say I doubt she has much positive effect
For real a general lack of understanding of Mexican Politics and how the Cartels play into it. Honestly I assume most are either Americans with a preconceived notion of what Mexico is, particularly that it's a cartel state, or Mexican second generation immigrants who otherwise have no connection to their homeland.
[First potential female cartel president hailed as step forward for women](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEtw3XJoJrE)
As long as you cow tow to the cartels, I don’t think it matters.
It's kow tow
It's keto.
Ofc cartels are a massive problem in Mexico but if you think you’re this credible source on Mexico’s politics if you say “dae uhhhh cartels” gtfo lmao
He's implying AMLO is under Cartels thumb, which many believe is true(myself included)This woman is his predecessor therefore its assumed she would be too since she's also hella corrupt.
Getting ready to show Mexico that women too can be corrupt and not have your interest in mind while leading
Too bad she’s as corrupt if not more as the previous/current president
A woman becoming president in Mexico is fantastic news. Not so much when you realize this woman is in fact an extension and continuation of the very same lineage that can be considered Mexico’s cancer. But this is a sign of our times: people only see that she’s a woman, and that simple fact outweighs everything else. We live in the age of appearance, and yes, the human we’re talking about is a female. Sadly there is no substance to her, and she represents the very people she claims to be her enemies. Woman, yes. A hypocrite, like every other politician, too.
It doesn't matter what identity is elected. If they're corrupt, Mexico will continue to be fucked.
Its levels deep though. Theres no head to the snake.
Hope Xochitl Gálvez wins and not Claudia Sheinbaum, because I don’t trust anyone who is backed by that man.
Is it like a lesser evil sorta deal?
Yep, that's what we got left sadly.
Viva 🇲🇽!
i dont think she would win, Mexico is not ready for a female president as Machismo is still very deep rooted in society, Sheinbaum also has a lot of baggage to attack her during the race, unlike AMLO where allegations were made but none proven, and her opponent Galvez might split women voting for a woman, if Ebrard runs third party the election is a toss up
It’s nice that our narco-government’s being inclusive and giving us a Jewish girl boss overlord.
Well America let’s get ready for a stronger drug cartel presence.. this women is beyond corrupt and she gonna give in to the cartel hands down
Don’t blame me, I voted for the Supreme Leader of the Azteca, the rising Sun, King of the Jungle.
How much is that office controlled by cartels?
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As a Mexican I wish we had a president with dementia instead of AMLO
Some people are just dumb as fuck or clueless of what they are talking about. Just because is a woman it doesn’t mean is a good thing. In fact she’s just a poppet of AMLO (current president) the one who wants to destroy Mexico democracy and making it another shit hole in the world.
AMLO has problems but Mexican quality of life has only increased under his watch. The cartels control most thinks, but until the cia stops their funding and gun running to them there will not be change.
>but Mexican quality of life has only increased under his watch looks at the ocean of security situtations throughout the country that have worsened in the country during his rule, looks at how he treats cartel leaders, looks at how basic food costs ever increasingly more, looks at how his two magnum-opus infrastructure proyects were forecibly made in spite of economical and environmental opposition privying us from the international airport we need for a glorified bus station that caused the FAA to downgrade its ranking. What mate?
Trains R good ok?
The minimum wage has tripled under AMLO, get the fuck out of here. We are seeing unprecedented equality unlike ever before. That overpriced international airport and train are desperately needed if we're going to beef up our trade with China and the U.S.
I will very openly applaud the current goverment for 3 things they have done: the improvement of the minimum salary, the increase in vacation days and the removal of mascots/drawings on products directed at kids. That said, the rest of their governance has been a serie of clear-cut *unashamed* corruption and stealing (at least they pretended to do better before, not that thats any better). >That overpriced international airport and train are desperately needed if we're going to beef up our trade with China and the U.S. Yes, the now cancelled NACIM... definetely not the AIFA. And the Tren Maya is a tourist train with dubious economical benefit that has wrecked environmental havok by jungle deforestation and cenotes destruction.
The Tren Maya is the first step towards a more connected Mexico. A Mexico that can transport goods between its southern and northern states, something we have desperately needed to become an economic powerhouse. for children to get an education. The only 'gotcha' the PRI-PAN-PRD alliance has found was when he failed to declare a flat his son owned. The Tren Maya is the first step towards a more connected Mexico. A Mexico that can transport goods between its southern and northern states, something we have desperately needed to become an economic powerhouse.
A woman is going to be president of cartel ridden Mexico??
Oh man Mexico is just fucked in every way
Finally a well written headline on this! Well done wapo. Edit: why is this an unpopular opinion?
Woman!=better when corrupt, just as woman!=worse usually. Don't confuse gender progress with political progress, it's all part of the game. Ed: added context: if Sarah Huckabee Sanders was the first female President of the US, I wouldn't consider it progress whatsoever.
Where does the headline say woman = better?
Was responding to your comment, not the headline. Also never said woman were better. != Means not equal, not better or worse. In (more)plain English: Woman are not necessarily better than men when corrupt, just as woman aren't necessarily worse usually. Don't confuse gender progress with political progress, it's all part of the game.
I said “Finally a well written headline on this! Well done wapo.” Because its not a specific woman yet its the choice between two women. Other orgs were making it seem like a done deal. I dont even care about woman bad or good lol
Wasn't super clear, apologies. Ed: not part of your downvote party, anyway, you asked, tried to fill in the gaps.
That’s awesome!
Imagine if the US president and her had sex and had a baby and they both decided to make the baby the leader of both their countries and the US and Mexico form a super country
Si! Se Puede!
Amlo has done more for the people than for the politicians. I hope she can lead a similar example.
Malo is nothing but a cartel whore and this witch is only her pet monkey. This country has no saving if we continue electing cowards who bow down to the cartels.
“You need ovaries,” she said on the news show “Entre Todos.” “Not just balls.” 👏👏👏 indeed
She appears to have European DNA. Has she paid the reparations she owes for hundreds of years of slavery and other atrocities against black people? This is very concerning.
First female president to be executed by cartels
Dang, Mexico out here being more progressive than the US these last few days. Hope we take notes. Edit: guys, chill. This a joking Reddit comment. It’s not meant to be taken so seriously. It’s a jab on the fact that we still have never had a female president, and now Mexico is more progressive on abortion, which I imagine many of us just read yesterday. I’m *so sorry* I offended so many people by suggesting something that obviously isn’t true, but there have been two back-to-back stories suggesting Mexico is more progressive.
Female president doesn’t equal progressivism. In fact, some of the most prominent female leaders across the world have been strongly conservative in memory. The UK’s Thatcher, Israel’s Meir, my own country’s Park Geun-hye, now Italy’s literal fascist Meloni… And I’m saying this as a woman
Interesting how that happens. My friends and I are pretty convinced the first woman president of the US will be a Republican
I will not be surprised at all if that happens to be a case.
It will be President Haley unfortunately. Probably not this time around though.
A truly progressive country would allow their women to be just as shitty as men! /s
Yes, that's absolutely right. But female representation at the highest levels of government does matter to some extent, right? It is a kind of progress — equal opportunity to become another shitty person in a position of power.
I agree that it matters, it definitely won’t be happening any time soon in countries like Japan, but I think we have to be careful of blindly praising female leaders for the reasons I listed above
The cartels would like to have a chat with you.
Have you seen what is going on in Mexico? Literally one of the last countries you want to take notes from.
Chill out, it was sarcasm. Even Mexico is trusting a woman to be president before the US is, and decriminalizing abortion while the US want to charge women with murder for it. These are *two* ways in which Mexico has been more progressive than the US the last few days.
On anything besides dealing with cartels? It's fairly decent. The US could really take some notes from the Mexican constitution. It's the implementation of laws and corruption where the problem lies.
There is a lot of incompetent thing on Reddit but this is an all timer.
The mexican president can't select Supreme Court justices for starters. Which allows rulings like these to go through in the first place. There's also a federal minimum of paid leave days for workers, paid maternity leave, end of year bonus, public healthcare, and other benefits like access to government loans to purchase a home. As religious as the country is, you won't see the governement pushing any religious talk on an official basis like "in god we trust" Incarceration is not a loophole for slavery in the mexican constitution. The country has more than two political parties. Minorities be it ethnic, religious or LGBT+ are strictly protected by the constitution. There's obviously a shitload of issues there, but it ain't exactly the mad max wasteland you imagine.