The Mexican economy has been battered by the pandemic
Erratic policies from the populist president haven’t helped, either
WHEN MEXICO’S president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, was elected in 2018 he entered office with an approval rating of 76%, the highest for any new president in recent times. Astoundingly for an incumbent who has overseen one of the worst pandemic responses in the world, he remains popular, with nearly two-thirds giving him the thumbs up (see chart). Yet when it comes to his policies, Mexicans are far less sure of AMLO, as he is known.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “A tight-fisted socialist”
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