Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexico’s Newly Elected President Can’t Tackle Corruption Alone

Mexico’s newly elected leftist president Andrés Manuel López Obrador aims to tackle the country’s crippling corruption epidemic all on his own.

The solutions to this intractable challenge have evaded Mexican leaders for decades. Whether López Obrador’s individualistic personalized approach to anti-corruption is successful will define his presidency, and shape Mexico’s political and economic future.

To deliver the transformative change he’s promised and effectively combat corruption, López Obrador must abandon the personality-centered, individualistic approach that brought him to power.

López Obrador, a leftist who shares . . .

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