Mexico has a very popular socialist president whose leftist party is heading for re-election, and there’s precious little reporting on why that may be the case.
But the pieces start to pop together with a long, interesting Financial Times piece that explains what’s going on in Mexico and why Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is popular.
The short answer? AMLO’s turning his country over to the military. The Times begins its piece by focusing on how Mexico City’s main airport has become a military operation.
